Osceola township, Renville County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Land area: 36.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 219 (all rural)
| Males: 110 |  (50.2%) |
| Females: 109 |  (49.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 219 (208 owner occupied, 11 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 5% |
| State: | 25% |
Races in Osceola township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.5%
Median age of males: 38.2
Median age of females: 37.3
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Average household size: 2.77
| Osceola township: | 2.8 people |
| Minnesota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.29
| Osceola township: | $51,537 |
| Minnesota: | $60,702 |
| Here: | $440 |
| State: | $753 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $93,548 (it was $61,800 in 2000)
| : | $93,548 |
| Minnesota: | $180,100 |
| Population density: 6 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 17.9% |
| Whole state: | 7.9% |
| This township: | 15.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Osceola township include: Saint Johns Church (A), United Church of Hope (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: United Church of Hope Cemetery (1), Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
74% of Osceola township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 174
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 7
- South: 7
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 74
- Mobile homes: 15
Housing units in Osceola township with a mortgage: 14 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (52%)
- Construction (8%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (6%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Food (9%)
- Radio, TV, and computer stores (6%)
- Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (44%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (20%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Osceola township:
- German (55.9%)
- Norwegian (9.7%)
- United States or American (9.7%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- English (4.1%)
- Polish (2.8%)
- Swedish (2.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 61 (72%)
- Carpooled: 9 (11%)
- Worked at home: 15 (18%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (57%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Utility gas (9%)
95.1% of residents of Osceola township speak English at home.
4.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 195- In family households: 171 (54 male householders, 2 female householders)
41 spouses, 64 children (59 natural, 2 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 24 (11 male householders (9 living alone)), 8 female householders (8 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 24 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 10 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 17 1-person, 2 3-persons,
64 married couples with children.
4 single-parent households (3 men, 1 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
| Here: | 46.9% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 20.0% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |