Belgium township, Polk County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Land area: 36.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 111 (all rural)
Males: 57 | (51.4%) |
Females: 54 | (48.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 111 (93 owner occupied, 18 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 16% |
State: | 25% |
Races in Belgium township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 91.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 8.1%
Median age of males: 32.8
Median age of females: 32.5
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Average household size: 3.17
Belgium township: | 3.2 people |
Minnesota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.88
Belgium township: | $52,139 |
Minnesota: | $60,702 |
Here: | $527 |
State: | $753 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $122,782 (it was $72,700 in 2000)
: | $122,782 |
Minnesota: | $180,100 |
Population density: 3 people per square mile | (very low). |
This township: | 21.5% |
Whole state: | 7.9% |
This township: | 10.8% |
Whole state: | 3.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: School Number 29 (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Parks in Belgium township include: Belgium State Wildlife Management Area (1), Pembina State Wildlife Management Area (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
89% of Belgium township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 68
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 25
- South: 0
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 25
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Belgium township with a mortgage: 10 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2
- Food (19%)
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Food (13%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food processing workers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Food processing workers (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Art and design workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Belgium township:
- Norwegian (37.9%)
- German (34.5%)
- Irish (12.6%)
- United States or American (8.0%)
- French (except Basque) (4.6%)
- French Canadian (2.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 27 (63%)
- Carpooled: 9 (21%)
- Walked: 3 (7%)
- Worked at home: 4 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Electricity (31%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Coal or coke (7%)
97.5% of residents of Belgium township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 93- In family households: 93 (28 male householders, 0 female householders)
30 spouses, 35 children (34 natural, 1 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 0 (0 male householders (0 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 9 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
37 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households (0 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% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |