Northfield township, Rice County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (36% naturalized citizens)
Northfield township: | 1.4% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of Northfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 654
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 95
- South: 10
- West: 32
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 258
- Two: 4
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $75,000
Housing units in Northfield township with a mortgage: 95 (20 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 21
- Construction (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Construction (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Northfield township:
- German (28.7%)
- Norwegian (28.5%)
- English (6.7%)
- Swedish (5.7%)
- Danish (4.7%)
- Czech (4.2%)
- Irish (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (36%)
- Melanesia (27%)
- Korea (18%)
- Philippines (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 339 (78%)
- Carpooled: 52 (12%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 34 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (71%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Wood (2%)
97.8% of residents of Northfield township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 812- In family households: 753 (197 male householders, 23 female householders)
214 spouses, 303 children (259 natural, 11 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 1 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 59 (25 male householders (16 living alone)), 17 female householders (12 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 77 2-persons, 54 3-persons, 54 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 28 1-person, 12 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
207 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (9 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
Here: | 7.0% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 5.1% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 13.3% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |