Marion township, Olmsted County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (45% naturalized citizens)
Marion township: | 5.6% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of Marion township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4557
- Northeast: 107
- Midwest: 1094
- South: 114
- West: 190
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households


Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,997
- One, attached: 30
- Two: 25
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 34
- 10 to 19: 10
- 20 to 49: 31
- Mobile homes: 158
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,800
Housing units in Marion township with a mortgage: 1,316 (194 second mortgage, 193 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 380
- Construction (16%)
- Computer and electronic products (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (40%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Registered nurses (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marion township:
- German (46.6%)
- Norwegian (12.6%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- United States or American (3.5%)
- English (3.5%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
- Czech (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Africa (67%)
- Korea (16%)
- Other Northern Africa (4%)
- Germany (3%)
- Vietnam (3%)
- Mexico (2%)
- France (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,077 (81%)
- Carpooled: 490 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 26 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 14 (0%)
- Walked: 20 (1%)
- Other means: 14 (0%)
- Worked at home: 142 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
93.4% of residents of Marion township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 27% speak English not well).
4.1% of residents speak other language at home (43% speak English very well, 51% speak English well, 6% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,434- In family households: 5,763 (1,578 male householders, 224 female householders)
1,570 spouses, 2,184 children (2,070 natural, 64 adopted, 50 stepchildren), 104 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 26 parents, 33 other relatives, 42 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 671 (309 male householders (209 living alone)), 176 female householders (113 living alone)), 186 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 729 2-persons, 417 3-persons, 404 4-persons, 160 5-persons, 38 6-persons, 54 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 322 1-person, 131 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 18 4-persons,
1,455 married couples with children.
200 single-parent households (71 men, 129 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 167
Here: | 16.6% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 52
Here: | 11.0% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 26
Here: | 14.9% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |