Oakport township, Clay County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Oakport township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
74% of Oakport township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 26% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 736
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 870
- South: 42
- West: 56
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
12 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 584
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $70,000
Housing units in Oakport township with a mortgage: 384 (40 second mortgage, 45 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 105
- Construction (20%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (17%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oakport township:
- Norwegian (44.7%)
- German (27.3%)
- Swedish (5.7%)
- Polish (2.8%)
- English (2.5%)
- Irish (2.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Sweden (18%)
- Germany (18%)
- Italy (18%)
- Yugoslavia (18%)
- Mexico (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 802 (88%)
- Carpooled: 55 (6%)
- Walked: 4 (0%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 45 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Other fuel (1%)
12 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
96.0% of residents of Oakport township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,717- In family households: 1,643 (454 male householders, 46 female householders)
475 spouses, 593 children (551 natural, 11 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 10 other relatives, 42 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 74 (33 male householders (25 living alone)), 31 female householders (29 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 12 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 191 2-persons, 121 3-persons, 126 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 54 1-person, 6 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
424 married couples with children.
34 single-parent households (10 men, 24 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 9.4% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 12.8% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |