Elgin township, Wabasha County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
Elgin township: | 0.8% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
74% of Elgin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 675
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 113
- South: 13
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
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: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 242
- One, attached: 8
- Mobile homes: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Elgin township with a mortgage: 109 (6 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 24
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (27%)
- Construction (13%)
- Health care (8%)
- Food (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Health care (35%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (16%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (11%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Child care workers (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elgin township:
- German (60.9%)
- Norwegian (10.0%)
- United States or American (7.7%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- English (3.8%)
- Swedish (2.9%)
- Polish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (50%)
- Philippines (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 350 (72%)
- Carpooled: 43 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 82 (17%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (50%)
- Utility gas (25%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Wood (6%)
- Electricity (6%)
97.8% of residents of Elgin township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 836- In family households: 807 (206 male householders, 26 female householders)
216 spouses, 348 children (335 natural, 9 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 2 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 29 (10 male householders (10 living alone)), 16 female householders (13 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 77 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 73 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 23 1-person, 3 2-persons,
223 married couples with children.
16 single-parent households (8 men, 8 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): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |