Ervin township, Traill County, North Dakota (ND) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (57% naturalized citizens)
Ervin township: | 4.2% |
Whole state: | 1.9% |
82% of Ervin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 23% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in North Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 126
- Northeast: 1
- Midwest: 20
- South: 0
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported


Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 67
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Ervin township with a mortgage: 17 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 17
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (29%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (17%)
- Food (11%)
- Construction (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Rail transportation (6%)
- Health care (33%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Food (8%)
- Construction (5%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (11%)
- Postsecondary teachers (9%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Health technologists and technicians (10%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (10%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ervin township:
- Norwegian (66.2%)
- German (23.6%)
- Irish (4.7%)
- Austrian (2.0%)
- Polish (2.0%)
- Danish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (43%)
- Russia (29%)
- Canada (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 51 (68%)
- Carpooled: 6 (8%)
- Walked: 6 (8%)
- Worked at home: 12 (16%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Electricity (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
95.8% of residents of Ervin township speak English at home.
4.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 158- In family households: 136 (42 male householders, 5 female householders)
35 spouses, 52 children (48 natural, 0 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 22 (11 male householders (11 living alone)), 11 female householders (11 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 25 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 22 1-person,
42 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% |