Kerkhoven township, Swift County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (43% naturalized citizens)
| Kerkhoven township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
80% of Kerkhoven township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 293
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 5
- South: 2
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 103
- One, attached: 4
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $53,300
Housing units in Kerkhoven township with a mortgage: 23 (0 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (36%)
- Construction (20%)
- Food (11%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Metals and minerals, except petroleum, merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (34%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Painters and paperhangers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (16%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (10%)
- Child care workers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Personal appearance workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Kerkhoven township:
- Norwegian (55.8%)
- German (16.4%)
- Swedish (11.5%)
- Irish (5.2%)
- Dutch (4.5%)
- United States or American (1.5%)
- Finnish (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (71%)
- Vietnam (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 105 (63%)
- Carpooled: 18 (11%)
- Walked: 3 (2%)
- Worked at home: 40 (24%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (50%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (36%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Utility gas (2%)
91.5% of residents of Kerkhoven township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
5.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 47% speak English well).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 307- In family households: 276 (72 male householders, 9 female householders)
71 spouses, 114 children (114 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 31 (16 male householders (11 living alone)), 9 female householders (9 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 30 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 20 1-person, 5 2-persons,
61 married couples with children.
1 single-parent households (0 men, 1 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 16.1% |
| 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% |