Sandy township, St. Louis County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Sandy township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
79% of Sandy township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 348
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 30
- South: 2
- West: 28
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 139
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 29
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,700
Housing units in Sandy township with a mortgage: 41 (13 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 28
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (34%)
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Air transportation (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Construction laborers (8%)
- Extraction workers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (12%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sandy township:
- Finnish (30.1%)
- Norwegian (14.0%)
- German (11.5%)
- United States or American (7.9%)
- Scandinavian (6.2%)
- Swedish (4.8%)
- Slovene (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 199 (91%)
- Carpooled: 14 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 2 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Wood (15%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Utility gas (1%)
94.6% of residents of Sandy township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
4.7% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 412- In family households: 356 (120 male householders, 5 female householders)
121 spouses, 101 children (92 natural, 0 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 0 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 56 (24 male householders (15 living alone)), 21 female householders (19 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 64 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 28 4-persons, 11 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 34 1-person, 11 2-persons,
71 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (7 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 10.0% |
| 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: 3
| Here: | 18.8% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |