Leaf River township, Wadena County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Leaf River township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
75% of Leaf River 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, 75% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 448
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 71
- South: 0
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $72,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
49 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 186
- One, attached: 1
- Mobile homes: 16
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Leaf River township with a mortgage: 28 (7 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 14
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Construction (12%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Health care (34%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Leaf River township:
- German (51.5%)
- United States or American (15.3%)
- Norwegian (7.3%)
- English (4.5%)
- Irish (4.2%)
- Polish (3.3%)
- Finnish (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 188 (80%)
- Carpooled: 20 (9%)
- Walked: 4 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (2%)
- Worked at home: 19 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Wood (18%)
- Other fuel (1%)
49 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
94.6% of residents of Leaf River township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (42% speak English very well, 50% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 495- In family households: 458 (125 male householders, 13 female householders)
141 spouses, 165 children (156 natural, 5 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 37 (25 male householders (25 living alone)), 12 female householders (12 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 58 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 69 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 37 1-person,
123 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (0 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 20.3% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 11.8% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |