Mountain Lake township, Cottonwood County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 10 (81% naturalized citizens)
| Mountain Lake township: | 9.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
71% of Mountain Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4956
- Northeast: 306
- Midwest: 121
- South: 122
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
55 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,495
- One, attached: 70
- Two: 51
- 3 or 4: 24
- Mobile homes: 461
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,400
Housing units in Mountain Lake township with a mortgage: 725 (9 second mortgage, 229 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 437
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (40%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (30%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other financial specialists (9%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (14%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Waiters and waitresses (11%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mountain Lake township:
- German (45.6%)
- Pennsylvania German (11.3%)
- United States or American (8.5%)
- Italian (6.6%)
- Irish (4.4%)
- English (4.0%)
- Polish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (50%)
- Ireland (19%)
- Korea (17%)
- Germany (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,367 (86%)
- Carpooled: 253 (9%)
- Walked: 32 (1%)
- Other means: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 82 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (58%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
55 people in other nonhousehold living situations
94.4% of residents of Mountain Lake township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
4.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,299- In family households: 4,657 (1,300 male householders, 252 female householders)
1,351 spouses, 1,593 children (1,465 natural, 28 adopted, 100 stepchildren), 56 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 21 other relatives, 84 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 642 (254 male householders (198 living alone)), 237 female householders (197 living alone)), 151 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 313 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 665 2-persons, 377 3-persons, 358 4-persons, 98 5-persons, 54 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 395 1-person, 76 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 10 4-persons,
147 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (0 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 92
| Here: | 13.7% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 47
| Here: | 17.6% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 10.9% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |