Hector township, Renville County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Land area: 34.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 248 (all rural)
| Males: 137 |  (55.2%) |
| Females: 111 |  (44.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 248 (232 owner occupied, 16 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 6% |
| State: | 25% |
Races in Hector township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.6%
- Asian: 0.4%
Median age of males: 41.4
Median age of females: 45.8
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Average household size: 2.46
| Hector township: | 2.5 people |
| Minnesota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.92
| Hector township: | $51,537 |
| Minnesota: | $60,702 |
| Here: | $440 |
| State: | $753 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $93,548 (it was $61,800 in 2000)
| : | $93,548 |
| Minnesota: | $180,100 |
| Population density: 7 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 2.7% |
| Whole state: | 7.9% |
| This township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.2% |
Cities in this township include: Hector.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Hector Fire Department (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Saint Pauls Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
90% of Hector township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 255
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 9
- South: 0
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 108
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,700
Housing units in Hector township with a mortgage: 24 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 19
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (35%)
- Computer and electronic products (11%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (19%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Health care (11%)
- Repair and maintenance (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (23%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (21%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Secondary school teachers (4%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (15%)
- Secondary school teachers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hector township:
- German (65.0%)
- Swedish (13.0%)
- Norwegian (7.6%)
- Scandinavian (2.7%)
- Irish (2.2%)
- Czech (1.8%)
- Danish (1.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 91 (65%)
- Carpooled: 10 (7%)
- Walked: 12 (9%)
- Worked at home: 27 (19%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (61%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (25%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (2%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 264- In family households: 227 (73 male householders, 0 female householders)
65 spouses, 83 children (81 natural, 0 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 37 (18 male householders (11 living alone)), 8 female householders (6 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 31 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 17 1-person, 7 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
51 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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% |