Wiser township, Cass County, North Dakota (ND) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 29 (80% naturalized citizens)
| Wiser township: | 28.6% |
| Whole state: | 1.9% |
70% of Wiser township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in North Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1046
- Northeast: 26
- Midwest: 186
- South: 32
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $300,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 746
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 7
- 5 to 9: 9
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $104,200
Housing units in Wiser township with a mortgage: 233 (17 second mortgage, 45 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 149
- Metal and metal products (15%)
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Construction (13%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wiser township:
- German (24.5%)
- Polish (12.5%)
- Dutch (8.2%)
- United States or American (7.5%)
- Irish (7.3%)
- English (7.0%)
- Swedish (6.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (25%)
- Germany (20%)
- Mexico (20%)
- Jamaica (15%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Argentina (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 496 (81%)
- Carpooled: 68 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 11 (2%)
- Worked at home: 32 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Utility gas (27%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Wood (7%)
- Electricity (6%)
96.4% of residents of Wiser township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,315- In family households: 1,180 (328 male householders, 72 female householders)
343 spouses, 384 children (349 natural, 17 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 4 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 135 (54 male householders (47 living alone)), 66 female householders (60 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 23 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 201 2-persons, 75 3-persons, 78 4-persons, 31 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 107 1-person, 13 2-persons,
8 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): 14
| Here: | 10.1% |
| North Dakota: | 7.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Dakota: | 6.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 11.8% |
| North Dakota: | 10.5% |