Westerheim township, Lyon County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Westerheim township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
77% of Westerheim township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 252
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 19
- South: 2
- West: 12
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 97
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Westerheim township with a mortgage: 6 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 10
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (43%)
- Construction (7%)
- Food (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Chemicals (2%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Social assistance (10%)
- Construction (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (38%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Accountants and auditors (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Westerheim township:
- Belgian (38.2%)
- Norwegian (23.7%)
- German (18.3%)
- Swedish (4.6%)
- French (except Basque) (3.1%)
- English (2.7%)
- Polish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 88 (62%)
- Carpooled: 14 (10%)
- Walked: 5 (3%)
- Worked at home: 36 (25%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Electricity (25%)
97.5% of residents of Westerheim township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 292- In family households: 266 (81 male householders, 0 female householders)
75 spouses, 106 children (97 natural, 0 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 26 (12 male householders (8 living alone)), 2 female householders (2 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 36 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 10 1-person, 2 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
84 married couples with children.
6 single-parent households (2 men, 4 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 33.3% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |