Wells township, Rice County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (13% naturalized citizens)
| Wells township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
66% of Wells township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% 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: 1476
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 137
- South: 28
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 847
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 3
- Mobile homes: 91
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,900
Housing units in Wells township with a mortgage: 269 (30 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 126
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wells township:
- German (37.6%)
- Norwegian (11.5%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- French (except Basque) (9.2%)
- Czech (5.2%)
- Dutch (4.1%)
- French Canadian (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 742 (79%)
- Carpooled: 133 (14%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 15 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 36 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
94.5% of residents of Wells township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,691- In family households: 1,470 (425 male householders, 53 female householders)
452 spouses, 495 children (439 natural, 11 adopted, 45 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 15 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 221 (103 male householders (77 living alone)), 63 female householders (47 living alone)), 55 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 222 2-persons, 94 3-persons, 95 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 124 1-person, 35 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
356 married couples with children.
44 single-parent households (29 men, 15 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 58
| Here: | 29.6% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 6.8% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 5.9% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |