Beaver Bay township, Lake County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Beaver Bay township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
79% of Beaver Bay township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 456
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 86
- South: 6
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $325,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
15 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 354
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 61
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Beaver Bay township with a mortgage: 56 (0 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 53
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (24%)
- Construction (15%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (18%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (12%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Therapists (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Beaver Bay township:
- German (24.4%)
- Norwegian (22.5%)
- Finnish (10.8%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- English (4.2%)
- Polish (4.2%)
- Swedish (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (36%)
- Netherlands (36%)
- Canada (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 176 (75%)
- Carpooled: 27 (11%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (2%)
- Walked: 11 (5%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 16 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (36%)
- Wood (16%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Other fuel (1%)
15 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.6% of residents of Beaver Bay township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (47% speak English very well, 41% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 580- In family households: 494 (156 male householders, 16 female householders)
162 spouses, 148 children (133 natural, 3 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 86 (35 male householders (28 living alone)), 37 female householders (36 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 20 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 112 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 64 1-person, 6 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
103 married couples with children.
11 single-parent households (2 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 10.3% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 42.9% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |