Litchfield township, Meeker County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Litchfield township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
73% of Litchfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 755
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 71
- South: 7
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $57,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 285
- One, attached: 5
- Mobile homes: 25
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,300
Housing units in Litchfield township with a mortgage: 121 (13 second mortgage, 25 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 48
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Computer and electronic products (11%)
- Construction (9%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (29%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Construction (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Plant and system operators (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Litchfield township:
- German (40.4%)
- Norwegian (16.9%)
- Swedish (12.1%)
- Irish (3.5%)
- English (3.4%)
- Polish (2.3%)
- United States or American (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 378 (81%)
- Carpooled: 50 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 17 (4%)
- Worked at home: 21 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Wood (2%)
97.0% of residents of Litchfield township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 866- In family households: 786 (225 male householders, 22 female householders)
235 spouses, 276 children (256 natural, 11 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 4 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 80 (34 male householders (19 living alone)), 19 female householders (13 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 113 2-persons, 44 3-persons, 48 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 32 1-person, 18 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
203 married couples with children.
20 single-parent households (9 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
Here: | 2.4% |
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: 1
Here: | 3.8% |
Minnesota: | 24.6% |