Mapleton township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Mapleton township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
85% of Mapleton 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, 100% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 276
- Northeast: 1
- Midwest: 20
- South: 4
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 115
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 1
Housing units in Mapleton township with a mortgage: 26 (4 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 22
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (32%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (8%)
- Food (4%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Social assistance (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (6%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (27%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (16%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mapleton township:
- German (48.0%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- Norwegian (9.4%)
- Scottish (7.6%)
- English (6.9%)
- Swedish (2.2%)
- Swiss (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (33%)
- Korea (33%)
- Philippines (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 139 (72%)
- Carpooled: 12 (6%)
- Walked: 3 (2%)
- Other means: 9 (5%)
- Worked at home: 30 (16%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (61%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Wood (11%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Electricity (5%)
98.0% of residents of Mapleton township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 309- In family households: 272 (89 male householders, 6 female householders)
86 spouses, 87 children (66 natural, 11 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 37 (14 male householders (12 living alone)), 11 female householders (10 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 52 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 16 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 22 1-person, 1 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
72 married couples with children.
2 single-parent households (2 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 17.5% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 13.3% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |