Mayhew Lake township, Benton County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Land area: 36.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 804 (all rural)
| Males: 415 |  (51.6%) |
| Females: 389 |  (48.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 804 (766 owner occupied, 38 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 5% |
| State: | 25% |
Races in Mayhew Lake township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.5%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.0%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
Median age of males: 32.8
Median age of females: 30.2
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Average household size: 3.18
| Mayhew Lake township: | 3.2 people |
| Minnesota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.59
| Mayhew Lake township: | $54,111 |
| Minnesota: | $60,702 |
| Here: | $621 |
| State: | $753 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $151,633 (it was $99,300 in 2000)
| : | $151,633 |
| Minnesota: | $180,100 |
| Population density: 22 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 5.1% |
| Whole state: | 7.9% |
| This township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Mayhew Lake township: Saint Johns Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Polish Lutheran Church Cemetery (1), Saint John's Cemetery (2), Saint Marys Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Mayhew Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
81% of Mayhew Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% 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: 784
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 23
- South: 9
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 1.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 232
- One, attached: 3
- Mobile homes: 20
Median worth of mobile homes: $61,300
Housing units in Mayhew Lake township with a mortgage: 45 (4 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 17
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (25%)
- Construction (13%)
- Paper (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (3%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (3%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (20%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mayhew Lake township:
- German (59.1%)
- Polish (18.6%)
- United States or American (6.6%)
- Swedish (3.5%)
- Norwegian (2.8%)
- English (2.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 306 (69%)
- Carpooled: 47 (11%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 86 (19%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Wood (10%)
- Utility gas (8%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.4% of residents of Mayhew Lake township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 824- In family households: 764 (177 male householders, 34 female householders)
191 spouses, 334 children (330 natural, 1 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 60 (32 male householders (20 living alone)), 14 female householders (12 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 69 2-persons, 41 3-persons, 45 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 32 1-person, 14 2-persons,
231 married couples with children.
16 single-parent households (6 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 15.0% |
| 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: 4
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |