Union township, Houston County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
Union township: | 0.8% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
59% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 128
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 260
- South: 2
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 135
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,000
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 29 (2 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 13
- Construction (18%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Health care (30%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Radio, TV, and computer stores (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Electricians (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (7%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (54.1%)
- Norwegian (13.8%)
- Irish (11.3%)
- French (except Basque) (5.1%)
- Polish (3.4%)
- Czech (1.7%)
- English (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 196 (83%)
- Carpooled: 30 (13%)
- Worked at home: 11 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (34%)
- Wood (20%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.9% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 410- In family households: 377 (95 male householders, 18 female householders)
102 spouses, 145 children (134 natural, 7 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 33 (23 male householders (18 living alone)), 5 female householders (5 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 45 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 33 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 23 1-person, 5 2-persons,
91 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (5 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 24
Here: | 55.8% |
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: 2
Here: | 8.3% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |