Helen township, McLeod County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Helen township: | 1.1% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
74% of Helen township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 779
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 54
- South: 15
- West: 8
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 288
- Mobile homes: 21
Median worth of mobile homes: $62,500
Housing units in Helen township with a mortgage: 95 (11 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 38
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Construction (8%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Computer and electronic products (13%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (16%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Helen township:
- German (70.7%)
- Norwegian (8.0%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- United States or American (4.0%)
- Swedish (2.8%)
- Polish (2.5%)
- Czech (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion (33%)
- France (22%)
- Germany (22%)
- Mexico (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 416 (79%)
- Carpooled: 34 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 10 (2%)
- Worked at home: 65 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (53%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (36%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (2%)
93.7% of residents of Helen township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
6.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 6% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 870- In family households: 801 (232 male householders, 17 female householders)
244 spouses, 278 children (255 natural, 11 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 69 (30 male householders (16 living alone)), 20 female householders (18 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 97 2-persons, 62 3-persons, 62 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 34 1-person, 16 2-persons,
209 married couples with children.
16 single-parent households (9 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 45
Here: | 32.1% |
Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
Here: | 11.1% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 12.5% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |