Northfield township, Ramsey County, North Dakota (ND) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 950 (62% naturalized citizens)
| Northfield township: | 950.0% |
| Whole state: | 1.9% |
64% of Northfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 32% lived in North Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6698
- Northeast: 367
- Midwest: 4742
- South: 954
- West: 158
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,422
- One, attached: 57
- Two: 83
- 3 or 4: 99
- 5 to 9: 132
- 10 to 19: 85
- 20 to 49: 82
- Mobile homes: 613
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,800
Housing units in Northfield township with a mortgage: 2,257 (186 second mortgage, 357 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,422
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Northfield township:
- German (29.8%)
- United States or American (12.6%)
- English (9.2%)
- Irish (8.4%)
- Polish (5.8%)
- Italian (3.3%)
- Hungarian (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (18%)
- Canada (12%)
- Cuba (11%)
- South Africa (9%)
- Mexico (8%)
- Hungary (4%)
- Yugoslavia (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,640 (86%)
- Carpooled: 652 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 15 (0%)
- Bicycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 75 (1%)
- Other means: 31 (0%)
- Worked at home: 154 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (2%)
95.3% of residents of Northfield township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (29% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 41% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (90% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 6% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,344- In family households: 11,499 (2,901 male householders, 837 female householders)
2,804 spouses, 4,088 children (3,752 natural, 119 adopted, 217 stepchildren), 236 grandchildren, 45 brothers or sisters, 68 parents, 169 other relatives, 351 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,845 (629 male householders (472 living alone)), 910 female householders (793 living alone)), 306 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 75 (62 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,774 2-persons, 818 3-persons, 653 4-persons, 306 5-persons, 128 6-persons, 59 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,265 1-person, 255 2-persons, 14 4-persons, 5 5-persons,
12 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households (0 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 130
| Here: | 8.6% |
| North Dakota: | 7.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 94
| Here: | 11.2% |
| North Dakota: | 6.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 50
| Here: | 11.5% |
| North Dakota: | 10.5% |