Laketown township, Carver County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (72% naturalized citizens)
| Laketown township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
57% of Laketown township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1530
- Northeast: 61
- Midwest: 412
- South: 98
- West: 118
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
471 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 651
- Two: 7
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 2
Housing units in Laketown township with a mortgage: 328 (33 second mortgage, 78 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 105
- Construction (17%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Educational services (23%)
- Health care (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Construction (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Laketown township:
- German (53.3%)
- Norwegian (8.0%)
- English (5.3%)
- Swedish (5.1%)
- Irish (4.9%)
- United States or American (4.4%)
- French (except Basque) (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (27%)
- Russia (21%)
- Canada (12%)
- Japan (7%)
- Mexico (7%)
- Brazil (7%)
- Laos (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 963 (76%)
- Carpooled: 112 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 79 (6%)
- Worked at home: 95 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%)
- Utility gas (35%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (2%)
471 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
94.7% of residents of Laketown township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 22% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,824- In family households: 1,691 (501 male householders, 36 female householders)
501 spouses, 613 children (562 natural, 37 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 5 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 133 (66 male householders (52 living alone)), 35 female householders (29 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 473 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 210 2-persons, 136 3-persons, 113 4-persons, 75 5-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 81 1-person, 13 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
485 married couples with children.
31 single-parent households (14 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 78
| Here: | 30.4% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 6.1% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 374
| Here: | 83.3% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |