Burton township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Land area: 35.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 174 (all rural)
| Males: 97 |  (55.7%) |
| Females: 77 |  (44.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 174 (137 owner occupied, 37 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 21% |
| State: | 25% |
Races in Burton township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 100.0%
Median age of males: 34.7
Median age of females: 34.5
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Average household size: 2.68
| Burton township: | 2.7 people |
| Minnesota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.24
| Burton township: | $53,270 |
| Minnesota: | $60,702 |
| Here: | $446 |
| State: | $753 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $93,548 (it was $60,900 in 2000)
| : | $93,548 |
| Minnesota: | $180,100 |
| Population density: 5 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 10.7% |
| Whole state: | 7.9% |
| This township: | 5.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Burton Cemetery (1), Saint Leo Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lake: Burton Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
80% of Burton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 21% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 167
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 8
- South: 0
- West: 2
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 63
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Burton township with a mortgage: 9 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (48%)
- Repair and maintenance (17%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Repair and maintenance (11%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (48%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (16%)
- Health technologists and technicians (14%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Burton township:
- German (41.3%)
- Belgian (21.3%)
- Norwegian (13.5%)
- Czech (7.1%)
- United States or American (7.1%)
- Italian (2.6%)
- French (except Basque) (1.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 44 (59%)
- Carpooled: 8 (11%)
- Walked: 4 (5%)
- Worked at home: 19 (25%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (44%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Electricity (23%)
97.6% of residents of Burton township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 177- In family households: 158 (40 male householders, 1 female householders)
45 spouses, 68 children (65 natural, 0 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 19 (12 male householders (12 living alone)), 7 female householders (7 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 16 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 19 1-person,
44 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): 10
| Here: | 34.5% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |