Harriston township, Walsh County, North Dakota (ND) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (63% naturalized citizens)
| Harriston township: | 4.9% |
| Whole state: | 1.9% |
63% of Harriston township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in North Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 740
- Northeast: 16
- Midwest: 43
- South: 24
- West: 18
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 357
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 2
- 20 to 49: 24
- Mobile homes: 112
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
Housing units in Harriston township with a mortgage: 66 (4 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 61
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (8%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (4%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (14%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harriston township:
- German (18.9%)
- United States or American (16.5%)
- English (12.4%)
- French Canadian (9.2%)
- French (except Basque) (8.8%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- Polish (6.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Australia (38%)
- Mexico (38%)
- Germany (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 245 (81%)
- Carpooled: 16 (5%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 32 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Utility gas (26%)
- Wood (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Electricity (5%)
98.0% of residents of Harriston township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 843- In family households: 697 (188 male householders, 49 female householders)
210 spouses, 224 children (211 natural, 2 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 6 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 146 (33 male householders (24 living alone)), 95 female householders (88 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 13 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 127 2-persons, 50 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 112 1-person, 16 2-persons,
25 married couples with children.
6 single-parent households (3 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 5.4% |
| North Dakota: | 7.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Dakota: | 6.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 43.8% |
| North Dakota: | 10.5% |