Wheatland township, Rice County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Wheatland township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
73% of Wheatland 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, 87% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1146
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 106
- South: 16
- West: 35
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.9% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 414
- One, attached: 2
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 19
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,200
Housing units in Wheatland township with a mortgage: 154 (17 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 37
- Construction (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Food (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Air transportation (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wheatland township:
- German (32.4%)
- Czech (27.4%)
- Czechoslovakian (9.8%)
- Norwegian (8.2%)
- Irish (3.1%)
- United States or American (2.4%)
- English (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (30%)
- Philippines (30%)
- United Kingdom (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 516 (73%)
- Carpooled: 80 (11%)
- Walked: 12 (2%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 85 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Utility gas (38%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (4%)
88.9% of residents of Wheatland township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
9.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,323- In family households: 1,235 (326 male householders, 37 female householders)
314 spouses, 508 children (482 natural, 7 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 12 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 88 (46 male householders (29 living alone)), 19 female householders (19 living alone)), 23 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 132 2-persons, 57 3-persons, 94 4-persons, 57 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 48 1-person, 13 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
387 married couples with children.
53 single-parent households (26 men, 27 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 44
| Here: | 20.6% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 30.8% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |