Alta Vista township, Lincoln County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Land area: 36.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 212 (all rural)
Males: 116 | (54.7%) |
Females: 96 | (45.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 195 (169 owner occupied, 26 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 13% |
State: | 25% |
Races in Alta Vista township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 100.0%
Median age of males: 45.0
Median age of females: 47.5
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Average household size: 2.75
Alta Vista township: | 2.8 people |
Minnesota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.02
Alta Vista township: | $48,554 |
Minnesota: | $60,702 |
Here: | $361 |
State: | $753 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $82,526 (it was $51,300 in 2000)
: | $82,526 |
Minnesota: | $180,100 |
Population density: 6 people per square mile | (very low). |
This township: | 30.7% |
Whole state: | 7.9% |
This township: | 2.3% |
Whole state: | 3.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Alta Vista Cemetery (1), Porter Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
River: North Branch Yellow Medicine River (A). Display/hide its location on the map
82% of Alta Vista township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 22% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 72
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 9
- South: 0
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
17 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 41
- Mobile homes: 4
Housing units in Alta Vista township with a mortgage: 4 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (40%)
- Food (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Social assistance (14%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Computer and electronic products (8%)
- Food (6%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (32%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Printing workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (17%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (8%)
- Postsecondary teachers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Alta Vista township:
- German (72.4%)
- Norwegian (10.5%)
- Irish (3.9%)
- Scottish (3.9%)
- English (2.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
- Swedish (2.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 22 (55%)
- Carpooled: 2 (5%)
- Walked: 2 (5%)
- Other means: 2 (5%)
- Worked at home: 12 (30%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (45%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
17 people in other group homes
92.0% of residents of Alta Vista township speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
4.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 88- In family households: 72 (26 male householders, 0 female householders)
20 spouses, 24 children (24 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 16 (4 male householders (4 living alone)), 12 female householders (12 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 13 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 16 1-person,
38 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (3 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% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |