Ellington township, Dodge County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Land area: 36.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 278 (all rural)
| Males: 134 |  (48.2%) |
| Females: 144 |  (51.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 278 (241 owner occupied, 37 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 25% |
Races in Ellington township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 0.4%
Median age of males: 38.3
Median age of females: 35.3
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Average household size: 2.65
| Ellington township: | 2.6 people |
| Minnesota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.10
| Ellington township: | $70,457 |
| Minnesota: | $60,702 |
| Here: | $571 |
| State: | $753 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $154,413 (it was $99,200 in 2000)
| : | $154,413 |
| Minnesota: | $180,100 |
| Population density: 8 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 5.7% |
| Whole state: | 7.9% |
| This township: | 3.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.2% |
76% of Ellington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 235
- Northeast: 1
- Midwest: 45
- South: 2
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 99
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Ellington township with a mortgage: 27 (4 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (38%)
- Construction (17%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Food (3%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (3%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Health care (22%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (26%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other financial specialists (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ellington township:
- German (28.7%)
- Norwegian (22.6%)
- Irish (13.6%)
- United States or American (12.8%)
- Czech (5.7%)
- English (4.5%)
- Swedish (3.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 80 (61%)
- Carpooled: 22 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (3%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (2%)
- Walked: 10 (8%)
- Worked at home: 14 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (53%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Utility gas (11%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (8%)
- Other fuel (2%)
98.5% of residents of Ellington township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 285- In family households: 263 (68 male householders, 11 female householders)
74 spouses, 95 children (91 natural, 2 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 22 (13 male householders (13 living alone)), 9 female householders (9 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 26 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 22 1-person,
69 married couples with children.
6 single-parent households (5 men, 1 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 9.5% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |