Melrose township, Stearns County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Melrose township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
82% of Melrose township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% 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: 703
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 35
- South: 0
- West: 8
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 256
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 20
Median worth of mobile homes: $62,500
Housing units in Melrose township with a mortgage: 54 (5 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 54
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (46%)
- Food (12%)
- Construction (11%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (2%)
- Metal and metal products (2%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Food (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (38%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Carpenters (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (18%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Melrose township:
- German (80.2%)
- United States or American (5.8%)
- Norwegian (4.7%)
- Polish (2.5%)
- Swedish (1.9%)
- Irish (1.0%)
- Czech (0.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 250 (66%)
- Carpooled: 8 (2%)
- Walked: 7 (2%)
- Worked at home: 114 (30%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Wood (20%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Utility gas (2%)
98.3% of residents of Melrose township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 748- In family households: 686 (195 male householders, 12 female householders)
194 spouses, 260 children (252 natural, 5 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 2 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 62 (36 male householders (26 living alone)), 14 female householders (12 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 87 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 47 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 38 1-person, 12 2-persons,
217 married couples with children.
16 single-parent households (7 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 24.4% |
| 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% |