Cottonwood township, Brown County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (82% naturalized citizens)
Cottonwood township: | 1.2% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
74% of Cottonwood township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 862
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 38
- South: 9
- West: 18
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 292
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 1
- Mobile homes: 42
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,000
Housing units in Cottonwood township with a mortgage: 99 (11 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 72
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Construction (10%)
- Food (8%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cottonwood township:
- German (80.1%)
- Norwegian (5.0%)
- United States or American (4.3%)
- Swedish (3.0%)
- English (1.2%)
- Irish (0.9%)
- Czech (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (36%)
- Korea (36%)
- Canada (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 419 (82%)
- Carpooled: 45 (9%)
- Walked: 9 (2%)
- Worked at home: 39 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Wood (5%)
95.1% of residents of Cottonwood township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 31% speak English not well).
3.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 942- In family households: 853 (226 male householders, 38 female householders)
224 spouses, 328 children (304 natural, 13 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 8 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 89 (45 male householders (38 living alone)), 28 female householders (26 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 115 2-persons, 34 3-persons, 73 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 14 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 64 1-person, 7 2-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
220 married couples with children.
37 single-parent households (4 men, 33 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 50
Here: | 40.7% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
Here: | 25.0% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 10.5% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |