Aurora township, Benson County, North Dakota (ND) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 25 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Aurora township: | 25.0% |
| Whole state: | 1.9% |
63% of Aurora township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 7% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in North Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1668
- Northeast: 25
- Midwest: 97
- South: 83
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $83,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 657
- One, attached: 20
- Two: 8
- Mobile homes: 59
Median worth of mobile homes: $46,000
Housing units in Aurora township with a mortgage: 195 (25 second mortgage, 26 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 62
- Transportation equipment (16%)
- Food (12%)
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Customer service representatives (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Aurora township:
- German (22.9%)
- English (19.6%)
- Irish (12.0%)
- United States or American (12.0%)
- French (except Basque) (6.7%)
- Italian (5.6%)
- Dutch (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (71%)
- Other Western Europe (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 750 (84%)
- Carpooled: 90 (10%)
- Worked at home: 58 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Wood (12%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Utility gas (4%)
97.0% of residents of Aurora township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,914- In family households: 1,759 (527 male householders, 58 female householders)
521 spouses, 544 children (469 natural, 18 adopted, 57 stepchildren), 38 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 29 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 155 (93 male householders (77 living alone)), 44 female householders (44 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 272 2-persons, 126 3-persons, 107 4-persons, 56 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 121 1-person, 16 2-persons,
6 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households (0 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 2.6% |
| North Dakota: | 7.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 8.7% |
| North Dakota: | 6.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
| Here: | 30.2% |
| North Dakota: | 10.5% |