Bigelow township, Nobles County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Bigelow township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
83% of Bigelow township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 0% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 242
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 115
- South: 2
- West: 7
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 135
Housing units in Bigelow township with a mortgage: 29 (4 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 37
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (29%)
- Food (10%)
- Construction (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (3%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (15%)
- Food (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bigelow township:
- German (55.0%)
- Swedish (15.7%)
- Dutch (9.1%)
- English (3.9%)
- Norwegian (3.9%)
- Scandinavian (3.9%)
- Irish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 134 (64%)
- Carpooled: 19 (9%)
- Worked at home: 55 (26%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (66%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (2%)
96.1% of residents of Bigelow township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 373- In family households: 355 (104 male householders, 8 female householders)
110 spouses, 128 children (117 natural, 0 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 1 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 18 (9 male householders (9 living alone)), 9 female householders (9 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 56 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 18 1-person,
103 married couples with children.
11 single-parent households (7 men, 4 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 19.1% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 28.6% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |