Gnesen township, St. Louis County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (85% naturalized citizens)
| Gnesen township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Gnesen township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1145
- Northeast: 30
- Midwest: 164
- South: 39
- West: 40
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 617
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 1
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 51
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,000
Housing units in Gnesen township with a mortgage: 184 (20 second mortgage, 39 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 95
- Construction (16%)
- Health care (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Gnesen township:
- Norwegian (16.3%)
- German (14.5%)
- Swedish (11.1%)
- Polish (9.2%)
- Finnish (7.8%)
- Irish (7.3%)
- English (6.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (46%)
- Canada (23%)
- Philippines (15%)
- Mexico (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 624 (84%)
- Carpooled: 77 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 26 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Wood (10%)
- Utility gas (1%)
97.6% of residents of Gnesen township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,435- In family households: 1,256 (366 male householders, 71 female householders)
370 spouses, 407 children (371 natural, 14 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 16 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 179 (94 male householders (70 living alone)), 44 female householders (42 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 233 2-persons, 68 3-persons, 85 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 11 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 112 1-person, 17 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
287 married couples with children.
52 single-parent households (16 men, 36 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 32
| Here: | 18.2% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 14.5% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 18.5% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |