Island Park township, Ransom County, North Dakota (ND) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 39 (68% naturalized citizens)
Island Park township: | 39.1% |
Whole state: | 1.9% |
56% of Island Park township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in North Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2287
- Northeast: 34
- Midwest: 90
- South: 133
- West: 49
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 881
- Two: 7
- Mobile homes: 32
Median worth of mobile homes: $75,000
Housing units in Island Park township with a mortgage: 415 (32 second mortgage, 61 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 135
- Transportation equipment (27%)
- Construction (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Health care (12%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Island Park township:
- German (32.2%)
- United States or American (11.0%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- English (7.9%)
- Polish (6.1%)
- Dutch (3.7%)
- Italian (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Dominican Republic (33%)
- Mexico (18%)
- Yugoslavia (13%)
- Hungary (9%)
- Germany (8%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Canada (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 943 (80%)
- Carpooled: 174 (15%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 53 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (3%)
91.0% of residents of Island Park township speak English at home.
7.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,656- In family households: 2,519 (646 male householders, 107 female householders)
655 spouses, 922 children (780 natural, 20 adopted, 122 stepchildren), 40 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 45 parents, 51 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 137 (43 male householders (39 living alone)), 87 female householders (80 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 57 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 285 2-persons, 164 3-persons, 160 4-persons, 88 5-persons, 40 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 119 1-person, 11 2-persons,
62 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (7 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
Here: | 3.7% |
North Dakota: | 7.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here: | 2.1% |
North Dakota: | 6.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
Here: | 14.7% |
North Dakota: | 10.5% |