Star Lake township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
Star Lake township: | 1.0% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of Star Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 260
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 68
- South: 5
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 346
- Mobile homes: 120
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,700
Housing units in Star Lake township with a mortgage: 32 (0 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 28
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Construction (15%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Food (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Food (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (17%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Painters and paperhangers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Star Lake township:
- German (44.0%)
- Norwegian (25.8%)
- English (6.9%)
- United States or American (5.1%)
- Canadian (2.9%)
- Irish (2.9%)
- Polish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- Canada (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 92 (65%)
- Carpooled: 33 (23%)
- Walked: 6 (4%)
- Worked at home: 11 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Wood (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Utility gas (1%)
96.7% of residents of Star Lake township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 348- In family households: 293 (96 male householders, 8 female householders)
97 spouses, 87 children (83 natural, 3 adopted, 1 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 55 (36 male householders (32 living alone)), 12 female householders (12 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 63 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 44 1-person, 2 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
79 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (3 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |