Austin township, Mower County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (47% naturalized citizens)
Austin township: | 1.4% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
71% of Austin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1022
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 283
- South: 44
- West: 41
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $275,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
36 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 485
- One, attached: 1
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 14
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,200
Housing units in Austin township with a mortgage: 206 (16 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 137
- Construction (13%)
- Food (12%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Food (12%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Austin township:
- German (43.7%)
- Norwegian (26.7%)
- United States or American (4.6%)
- Irish (4.2%)
- Swedish (2.3%)
- English (2.0%)
- Danish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (26%)
- Poland (21%)
- Thailand (21%)
- Mexico (21%)
- Korea (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 575 (82%)
- Carpooled: 72 (10%)
- Bicycle: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 45 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (51%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Electricity (5%)
36 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
93.5% of residents of Austin township speak English at home.
5.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English well, 40% speak English not well, 20% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,361- In family households: 1,234 (369 male householders, 33 female householders)
343 spouses, 448 children (417 natural, 7 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 11 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 127 (33 male householders (21 living alone)), 68 female householders (62 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 56 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 178 2-persons, 81 3-persons, 85 4-persons, 42 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 83 1-person, 14 2-persons, 4 4-persons,
266 married couples with children.
56 single-parent households (23 men, 33 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
Here: | 13.8% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
Here: | 7.7% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 13.0% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |