Castle Rock township, Dakota County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Castle Rock township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
79% of Castle Rock township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1201
- Northeast: 20
- Midwest: 191
- South: 27
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $225,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 464
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 25
Median worth of mobile homes: $60,000
Housing units in Castle Rock township with a mortgage: 241 (50 second mortgage, 41 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 52
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Registered nurses (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Castle Rock township:
- German (41.9%)
- Norwegian (16.2%)
- Irish (8.2%)
- Swedish (4.3%)
- United States or American (4.0%)
- Polish (3.4%)
- Danish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Indonesia (25%)
- Chile (19%)
- Ireland (13%)
- Germany (13%)
- Hungary (13%)
- Canada (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 692 (80%)
- Carpooled: 68 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 14 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 83 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
- Utility gas (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (5%)
- Electricity (4%)
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.7% of residents of Castle Rock township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (29% speak English very well, 71% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,478- In family households: 1,351 (376 male householders, 44 female householders)
381 spouses, 516 children (479 natural, 4 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 127 (54 male householders (49 living alone)), 35 female householders (25 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 140 2-persons, 94 3-persons, 111 4-persons, 58 5-persons, 17 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 74 1-person, 6 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 2 5-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
357 married couples with children.
34 single-parent households (15 men, 19 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 24
| Here: | 12.5% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 4.5% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 25.6% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |