Barber township, Faribault County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Land area: 36.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 278 (all rural)
Males: 135 | (48.6%) |
Females: 143 | (51.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 278 (239 owner occupied, 39 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 14% |
State: | 25% |
Races in Barber township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.5%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 43.4
Median age of females: 42.1
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Average household size: 2.75
Barber township: | 2.8 people |
Minnesota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.91
Barber township: | $44,905 |
Minnesota: | $60,702 |
Here: | $368 |
State: | $753 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $82,238 (it was $54,200 in 2000)
: | $82,238 |
Minnesota: | $180,100 |
Population density: 8 people per square mile | (very low). |
This township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 7.9% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Saint Marys Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
85% of Barber township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 44% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 279
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 22
- South: 4
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 101
- Mobile homes: 4
Housing units in Barber township with a mortgage: 20 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 15
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (40%)
- Construction (14%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (8%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
- U. S. Postal service (3%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (3%)
- Warehousing and storage (3%)
- Health care (33%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (28%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (14%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Barber township:
- German (62.3%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- Polish (9.1%)
- Norwegian (6.7%)
- United States or American (4.8%)
- Hungarian (3.6%)
- Swedish (1.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 113 (71%)
- Carpooled: 7 (4%)
- Walked: 19 (12%)
- Worked at home: 21 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (57%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Wood (9%)
- Electricity (4%)
- No fuel used (2%)
98.0% of residents of Barber township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 305- In family households: 285 (89 male householders, 2 female householders)
83 spouses, 106 children (102 natural, 0 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 20 (11 male householders (8 living alone)), 4 female householders (4 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 44 2-persons, 17 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 12 1-person, 3 3-persons,
70 married couples with children.
4 single-parent households (1 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
Here: | 36.4% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 9.5% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |