Lyra township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Land area: 35.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 378 (all rural)
| Males: 187 |  (49.5%) |
| Females: 191 |  (50.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 378 (327 owner occupied, 51 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 25% |
Races in Lyra township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.4%
- Asian: 0.5%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 39.3
Median age of females: 40.5
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Average household size: 2.74
| Lyra township: | 2.7 people |
| Minnesota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.23
| Lyra township: | $51,858 |
| Minnesota: | $60,702 |
| Here: | $595 |
| State: | $753 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $161,300 (it was $95,400 in 2000)
| : | $161,300 |
| Minnesota: | $180,100 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $188,093
Here: $188,093 State: $229,257
Townhouses or other attached units: $179,330
Here: $179,330 State: $168,477
In 2-unit structures: $124,732
Here: $124,732 State: $168,680
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $128,724
Here: $128,724 State: $142,494
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $85,669
Here: $85,669 State: $160,166
Mobile homes: $24,748
Here: $24,748 State: $45,753
| Population density: 11 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 8.0% |
| Whole state: | 7.9% |
| This township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.2% |
Cities in this township include: Good Thunder.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Calvary Cemetery (1), Saint Johns Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
86% of Lyra 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, 13% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 313
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 19
- South: 3
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 130
- One, attached: 4
- 5 to 9: 3
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $118,800
Housing units in Lyra township with a mortgage: 23 (2 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 30
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (39%)
- Construction (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (25%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Printing and related support activities (13%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (10%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (26%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (11%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (11%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lyra township:
- German (69.2%)
- Irish (10.7%)
- English (4.8%)
- Norwegian (4.8%)
- Scottish (2.4%)
- Swedish (2.4%)
- French (except Basque) (1.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 127 (74%)
- Carpooled: 11 (6%)
- Walked: 4 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 27 (16%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- Electricity (2%)
97.9% of residents of Lyra township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 348- In family households: 321 (101 male householders, 9 female householders)
99 spouses, 110 children (106 natural, 0 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 27 (11 male householders (11 living alone)), 16 female householders (16 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 55 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 16 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 27 1-person,
105 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (3 men, 9 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% |