West Ontario township, Wells County, North Dakota (ND) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 73 (0% naturalized citizens)
| West Ontario township: | 73.5% |
| Whole state: | 1.9% |
76% of West Ontario township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 82% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 12% lived in North Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1405
- Northeast: 25
- Midwest: 453
- South: 78
- West: 55
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 812
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 64
Median worth of mobile homes: $75,000
Housing units in West Ontario township with a mortgage: 252 (16 second mortgage, 46 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 189
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Ontario township:
- German (39.1%)
- Irish (12.1%)
- United States or American (9.0%)
- Polish (6.8%)
- English (6.8%)
- Dutch (2.8%)
- Swedish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (39%)
- Poland (19%)
- Brazil (19%)
- Other Northern Europe (11%)
- Canada (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 817 (77%)
- Carpooled: 142 (13%)
- Walked: 14 (1%)
- Other means: 20 (2%)
- Worked at home: 65 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Utility gas (16%)
- Wood (5%)
94.3% of residents of West Ontario township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 6% speak English not well, 26% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,056- In family households: 1,815 (498 male householders, 103 female householders)
510 spouses, 600 children (555 natural, 9 adopted, 36 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 10 other relatives, 42 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 241 (127 male householders (106 living alone)), 78 female householders (65 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 21 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 269 2-persons, 136 3-persons, 126 4-persons, 64 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 171 1-person, 31 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
14 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households (0 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 33
| Here: | 15.3% |
| North Dakota: | 7.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 9.2% |
| North Dakota: | 6.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 11.1% |
| North Dakota: | 10.5% |