Vallers township, Lyon County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Land area: 36.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 243 (all rural)
Males: 136 | (56.0%) |
Females: 107 | (44.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 243 (179 owner occupied, 64 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 26% |
State: | 25% |
Races in Vallers township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.6%
Median age of males: 34.8
Median age of females: 38.8
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Average household size: 2.93
Vallers township: | 2.9 people |
Minnesota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.37
Vallers township: | $49,594 |
Minnesota: | $60,702 |
Here: | $526 |
State: | $753 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $130,354 (it was $82,400 in 2000)
: | $130,354 |
Minnesota: | $180,100 |
Population density: 7 people per square mile | (very low). |
This township: | 4.0% |
Whole state: | 7.9% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Louwagie Farm (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Park in Vallers township: Vallers State Wildlife Management Area (1). Display/hide its location on the map
86% of Vallers township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 232
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 9
- South: 2
- West: 4
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 85
Housing units in Vallers township with a mortgage: 13 (2 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 10
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (34%)
- Construction (13%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Personal and laundry services (12%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Food (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (28%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Personal appearance workers (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Vallers township:
- Norwegian (29.7%)
- German (27.4%)
- Belgian (19.6%)
- Dutch (7.3%)
- French (except Basque) (6.8%)
- French Canadian (4.6%)
- Czech (0.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 112 (76%)
- Carpooled: 1 (1%)
- Walked: 7 (5%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 26 (18%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Wood (5%)
97.5% of residents of Vallers township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 249- In family households: 233 (62 male householders, 6 female householders)
66 spouses, 94 children (87 natural, 0 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 16 (14 male householders (14 living alone)), 2 female householders (2 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 21 2-persons, 17 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 16 1-person,
70 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (3 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
Here: | 10.5% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
Here: | 4.8% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |