Palmer township, Sherburne County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (79% naturalized citizens)
| Palmer township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Palmer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 24% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2067
- Northeast: 35
- Midwest: 182
- South: 47
- West: 77
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
23 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,072
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 1
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 13
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $51,300
Housing units in Palmer township with a mortgage: 467 (58 second mortgage, 108 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 124
- Construction (17%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Printing and related support activities (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Palmer township:
- German (45.3%)
- Norwegian (12.1%)
- Polish (11.4%)
- Swedish (7.8%)
- Irish (5.0%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
- United States or American (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (42%)
- India (21%)
- Korea (11%)
- Brazil (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,087 (85%)
- Carpooled: 132 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 54 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (50%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (4%)
23 people in nursing homes
97.5% of residents of Palmer township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.8% 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 very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,415- In family households: 2,231 (607 male householders, 79 female householders)
628 spouses, 859 children (797 natural, 15 adopted, 47 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 17 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 184 (79 male householders (62 living alone)), 69 female householders (58 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 24 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 276 2-persons, 116 3-persons, 186 4-persons, 70 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 120 1-person, 24 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
621 married couples with children.
57 single-parent households (19 men, 38 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 37
| Here: | 12.3% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
| Here: | 28.6% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |