Wells township, Wells County, North Dakota (ND) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 16 (70% naturalized citizens)
| Wells township: | 15.7% |
| Whole state: | 1.9% |
58% of Wells township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 24% lived in North Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 577
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 676
- South: 103
- West: 41
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $143,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,295
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 4
- 50 or more: 3
- Mobile homes: 151
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,800
Housing units in Wells township with a mortgage: 121 (3 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 165
- Construction (25%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (13%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wells township:
- German (18.4%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- English (7.0%)
- United States or American (6.9%)
- Polish (6.7%)
- Italian (5.2%)
- Swedish (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (30%)
- Japan (15%)
- Mexico (15%)
- Germany (10%)
- Italy (10%)
- Lebanon (10%)
- Canada (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 329 (66%)
- Carpooled: 76 (15%)
- Railroad: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 49 (10%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 29 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Utility gas (26%)
- Wood (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Electricity (5%)
96.5% of residents of Wells township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 55% speak English well).
1.7% of residents speak other language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,237- In family households: 1,042 (303 male householders, 80 female householders)
291 spouses, 299 children (282 natural, 7 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 25 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 195 (97 male householders (84 living alone)), 74 female householders (66 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 208 (20 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 231 2-persons, 71 3-persons, 43 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 150 1-person, 17 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
39 married couples with children.
1 single-parent households (1 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
| Here: | 15.0% |
| North Dakota: | 7.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 26
| Here: | 27.7% |
| North Dakota: | 6.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 36
| Here: | 61.0% |
| North Dakota: | 10.5% |