Avon township, Stearns County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (37% naturalized citizens)
| Avon township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
74% of Avon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1921
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 68
- South: 16
- West: 57
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $31,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 663
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 75
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,800
Housing units in Avon township with a mortgage: 287 (35 second mortgage, 44 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 130
- Construction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Avon township:
- German (62.5%)
- Polish (14.5%)
- Norwegian (4.7%)
- United States or American (3.0%)
- Irish (2.7%)
- Swedish (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (73%)
- Brazil (12%)
- India (8%)
- Germany (4%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 945 (79%)
- Carpooled: 124 (10%)
- Walked: 22 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 100 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
- Utility gas (22%)
- Wood (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Other fuel (1%)
92.9% of residents of Avon township speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (30% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 41% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
3.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,116- In family households: 1,936 (512 male householders, 53 female householders)
505 spouses, 787 children (762 natural, 12 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 17 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 180 (80 male householders (60 living alone)), 59 female householders (49 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 185 2-persons, 118 3-persons, 138 4-persons, 87 5-persons, 35 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 109 1-person, 23 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
551 married couples with children.
67 single-parent households (32 men, 35 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.0% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 13.6% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |