Ponto Lake township, Cass County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (73% naturalized citizens)
| Ponto Lake township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Ponto Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 318
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 134
- South: 12
- West: 10
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 738
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 7
- Mobile homes: 100
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,000
Housing units in Ponto Lake township with a mortgage: 58 (2 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 96
- Construction (20%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (20%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (11%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Carpenters (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other financial specialists (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ponto Lake township:
- German (32.8%)
- Norwegian (12.0%)
- Swedish (9.6%)
- English (9.4%)
- Irish (8.3%)
- United States or American (6.0%)
- French (except Basque) (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (36%)
- United Kingdom (27%)
- Other Northern Europe (18%)
- Germany (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 139 (74%)
- Carpooled: 26 (14%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 1 (1%)
- Worked at home: 21 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Wood (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Utility gas (4%)
97.1% of residents of Ponto Lake township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 485- In family households: 407 (144 male householders, 35 female householders)
153 spouses, 66 children (64 natural, 2 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 2 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 78 (32 male householders (30 living alone)), 41 female householders (37 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 135 2-persons, 24 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 67 1-person, 6 2-persons,
60 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (6 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 24.0% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |