Medford township, Steele County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Medford township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
56% of Medford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 519
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 69
- South: 8
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 144
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 99
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,200
Housing units in Medford township with a mortgage: 50 (9 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 15
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (17%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Construction (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Medford township:
- German (34.4%)
- Norwegian (25.0%)
- Irish (6.2%)
- Polish (5.6%)
- United States or American (4.1%)
- Czech (3.9%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (57%)
- Germany (43%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 272 (85%)
- Carpooled: 11 (3%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (2%)
- Walked: 7 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 21 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (44%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (3%)
98.0% of residents of Medford township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 617- In family households: 529 (139 male householders, 33 female householders)
141 spouses, 195 children (182 natural, 5 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 1 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 0 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 88 (39 male householders (31 living alone)), 33 female householders (27 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 74 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 40 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 58 1-person, 11 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
150 married couples with children.
45 single-parent households (18 men, 27 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 7.1% |
| 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: 1
| Here: | 9.1% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |