Washington Lake township, Sibley County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Washington Lake township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
83% of Washington Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 94% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 402
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 24
- South: 8
- West: 2
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 156
- 10 to 19: 1
- Mobile homes: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $112,500
Housing units in Washington Lake township with a mortgage: 37 (2 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 26
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (25%)
- Construction (13%)
- Food (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Food (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (20%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Computer specialists (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington Lake township:
- German (74.9%)
- Irish (11.6%)
- Norwegian (3.9%)
- Swedish (2.4%)
- English (1.9%)
- Somalian (1.4%)
- United States or American (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Africa (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 179 (70%)
- Carpooled: 26 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 14 (6%)
- Worked at home: 31 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (59%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (1%)
96.3% of residents of Washington Lake township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 443- In family households: 397 (116 male householders, 9 female householders)
111 spouses, 153 children (149 natural, 2 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 46 (21 male householders (12 living alone)), 13 female householders (11 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 49 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 23 1-person, 9 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
132 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (0 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 36.7% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 71.4% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |