Perch Lake township, Carlton County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
Perch Lake township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Perch Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% 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: 914
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 86
- South: 8
- West: 31
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.8% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 384
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 3
- 10 to 19: 19
- Mobile homes: 91
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,900
Housing units in Perch Lake township with a mortgage: 93 (15 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 64
- Paper (13%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (11%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (11%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Paper (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Perch Lake township:
- German (20.7%)
- Finnish (16.8%)
- Swedish (10.0%)
- Norwegian (6.5%)
- French (except Basque) (4.6%)
- Irish (3.6%)
- Polish (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (50%)
- Philippines (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 371 (80%)
- Carpooled: 58 (12%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 15 (3%)
- Worked at home: 18 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (10%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
93.1% of residents of Perch Lake township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
5.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,059- In family households: 896 (233 male householders, 52 female householders)
236 spouses, 327 children (294 natural, 11 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 0 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 163 (75 male householders (46 living alone)), 49 female householders (45 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 107 2-persons, 62 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 91 1-person, 28 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
187 married couples with children.
69 single-parent households (26 men, 43 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
Here: | 14.9% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 4.3% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
Here: | 2.1% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |