Oronoco township, Olmsted County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (84% naturalized citizens)
| Oronoco township: | 2.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Oronoco township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1634
- Northeast: 71
- Midwest: 364
- South: 46
- West: 42
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $170,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 623
- One, attached: 5
- Mobile homes: 251
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,900
Housing units in Oronoco township with a mortgage: 298 (38 second mortgage, 85 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 81
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Health care (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Customer service representatives (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oronoco township:
- German (43.2%)
- Norwegian (17.2%)
- English (5.4%)
- Irish (5.2%)
- United States or American (4.0%)
- European (3.1%)
- Danish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Cambodia (27%)
- Thailand (15%)
- Germany (8%)
- Romania (8%)
- Canada (8%)
- Sweden (6%)
- Other Eastern Europe (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 948 (80%)
- Carpooled: 177 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 52 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Utility gas (30%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (2%)
95.7% of residents of Oronoco township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (41% speak English very well, 59% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,226- In family households: 1,944 (493 male householders, 110 female householders)
520 spouses, 729 children (688 natural, 21 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 8 other relatives, 46 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 282 (133 male householders (99 living alone)), 83 female householders (56 living alone)), 66 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 253 2-persons, 106 3-persons, 155 4-persons, 64 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 155 1-person, 51 2-persons, 10 3-persons,
507 married couples with children.
138 single-parent households (34 men, 104 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 62
| Here: | 18.7% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 10.6% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
| Here: | 23.2% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |