Nessel township, Chisago County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (73% naturalized citizens)
| Nessel township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
66% of Nessel township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 21% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1413
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 229
- South: 32
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
7 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 847
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 5
- Mobile homes: 38
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $61,700
Housing units in Nessel township with a mortgage: 265 (34 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 102
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Health care (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Nessel township:
- German (30.1%)
- Swedish (19.0%)
- Norwegian (10.3%)
- Irish (8.3%)
- Polish (5.4%)
- English (4.5%)
- United States or American (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (40%)
- India (20%)
- Other Northern Europe (13%)
- Other Eastern Europe (13%)
- Philippines (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 650 (79%)
- Carpooled: 111 (13%)
- Railroad: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 4 (0%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 51 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Wood (10%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Other fuel (1%)
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
7 people in other group homes
96.7% of residents of Nessel township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% 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).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,705- In family households: 1,523 (431 male householders, 76 female householders)
438 spouses, 500 children (470 natural, 14 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 15 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 182 (89 male householders (69 living alone)), 63 female householders (52 living alone)), 30 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 19 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 246 2-persons, 99 3-persons, 91 4-persons, 47 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 121 1-person, 31 2-persons,
373 married couples with children.
44 single-parent households (20 men, 24 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 37
| Here: | 15.7% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 4.5% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |