Lake Shore township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Land area: 51.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 2.2 sq. mi.
Population: 239 (all rural)
| Males: 126 |  (52.7%) |
| Females: 113 |  (47.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 239 (200 owner occupied, 39 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 16% |
| State: | 25% |
Races in Lake Shore township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.5%
- Black: 1.7%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 39.3
Median age of females: 38.2
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Average household size: 2.66
| Lake Shore township: | 2.7 people |
| Minnesota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.99
| Lake Shore township: | $49,169 |
| Minnesota: | $60,702 |
| Here: | $383 |
| State: | $753 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $76,871 (it was $53,100 in 2000)
| : | $76,871 |
| Minnesota: | $180,100 |
| Population density: 5 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 4.0% |
| Whole state: | 7.9% |
Cities in this township include: Louisburg.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Lake Shore township: Minnesota Valley Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Minnesota Valley Cemetery (1), Louisburg Lutheran Cemetery (2), Hegre Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
86% of Lake Shore township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 217
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 28
- South: 5
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 100
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Lake Shore township with a mortgage: 14 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 14
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (35%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Recyclable material merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Health care (44%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Construction (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Food (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (35%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Painters and paperhangers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (17%)
- Health technologists and technicians (10%)
- Secondary school teachers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lake Shore township:
- Norwegian (46.1%)
- German (42.7%)
- Danish (2.9%)
- Swedish (2.5%)
- United States or American (2.1%)
- French Canadian (0.8%)
- Irish (0.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 100 (77%)
- Carpooled: 11 (8%)
- Walked: 2 (2%)
- Worked at home: 17 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Electricity (2%)
97.4% of residents of Lake Shore township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 253- In family households: 243 (68 male householders, 9 female householders)
74 spouses, 86 children (81 natural, 5 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 10 (8 male householders (8 living alone)), 2 female householders (2 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 35 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 16 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 10 1-person,
60 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (0 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% |