Sterling township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Sterling township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
86% of Sterling township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 249
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 12
- South: 0
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.9% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 102
- Two: 4
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Sterling township with a mortgage: 14 (0 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 26
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (42%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Private households (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (29%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
- Accountants and auditors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Customer service representatives (8%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sterling township:
- German (50.6%)
- Norwegian (15.2%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- Scottish (6.3%)
- Swedish (3.8%)
- English (3.4%)
- United States or American (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Colombia (67%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 78 (60%)
- Carpooled: 18 (14%)
- Walked: 3 (2%)
- Worked at home: 31 (24%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (72%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (2%)
98.8% of residents of Sterling township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 272- In family households: 252 (77 male householders, 9 female householders)
82 spouses, 80 children (71 natural, 3 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 20 (2 male householders (2 living alone)), 18 female householders (18 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 48 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 20 1-person,
55 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (2 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 8.1% |
| 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% |