Melvin township, Nelson County, North Dakota (ND) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 163 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Melvin township: | 162.9% |
| Whole state: | 1.9% |
60% of Melvin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 20% lived in North Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 682
- Northeast: 33
- Midwest: 1511
- South: 191
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $96,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 693
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 4
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 294
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,900
Housing units in Melvin township with a mortgage: 295 (36 second mortgage, 39 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 142
- Transportation equipment (19%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Melvin township:
- German (32.7%)
- United States or American (13.5%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- English (7.2%)
- Dutch (5.7%)
- Swedish (3.1%)
- Polish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (42%)
- Korea (23%)
- Philippines (18%)
- Mexico (7%)
- Germany (5%)
- Canada (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,121 (86%)
- Carpooled: 121 (9%)
- Walked: 29 (2%)
- Worked at home: 33 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Wood (3%)
95.5% of residents of Melvin township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,514- In family households: 2,227 (582 male householders, 151 female householders)
581 spouses, 733 children (660 natural, 32 adopted, 41 stepchildren), 71 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 13 other relatives, 75 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 287 (126 male householders (85 living alone)), 92 female householders (75 living alone)), 69 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 336 2-persons, 171 3-persons, 133 4-persons, 59 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 160 1-person, 47 2-persons, 11 3-persons,
4 married couples with children.
1 single-parent households (1 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 3.5% |
| North Dakota: | 7.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 8.7% |
| North Dakota: | 6.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 4.8% |
| North Dakota: | 10.5% |