Cecil township, Bottineau County, North Dakota (ND) detailed profile
Land area: 35.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 28 (all rural)
Males: 15 | ![]() |
Females: 13 | ![]() |
Occupied houses/apartments: 28 (22 owner occupied, 6 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 21% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Cecil township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 100.0%
Median age of males: 45.0
Median age of females: 49.3
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Average household size: 2.55
Cecil township: | 2.5 people |
North Dakota: | 2.4 people |
Average family size: 3.13
Cecil township: | $53,607 |
North Dakota: | $55,759 |
Here: | $494 |
State: | $622 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $98,827 (it was $44,900 in 2000)
: | $98,827 |
North Dakota: | $155,400 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $141,342
Here: $141,342 State: $187,941
Townhouses or other attached units: $122,289
Here: $122,289 State: $172,567
Mobile homes: $56,361
Here: $56,361 State: $51,641
Population density: 1 people per square mile | (very low). |
This township: | 1.7% |
Whole state: | 11.9% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Tasco Cemetery (1), Little Fargo Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Mud Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
88% of Cecil township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 32% lived in North Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 343
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 32
- South: 12
- West: 14
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported


Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 123
- One, attached: 12
- Mobile homes: 40
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,000
Housing units in Cecil township with a mortgage: 62 (0 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 52
- Construction (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (11%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Health care (35%)
- Educational services (25%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (15%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Air transportation workers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (20%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Child care workers (9%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cecil township:
- German (40.8%)
- Norwegian (37.9%)
- Dutch (6.4%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.2%)
- English (2.9%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 185 (86%)
- Carpooled: 30 (14%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Utility gas (28%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Other fuel (5%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 401- In family households: 380 (128 male householders, 0 female householders)
134 spouses, 104 children (104 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 21 (21 male householders (21 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 60 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 26 4-persons, 15 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 21 1-person,
7 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): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
North Dakota: | 7.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
North Dakota: | 6.0% |