Wyard township, Foster County, North Dakota (ND) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 21 (80% naturalized citizens)
| Wyard township: | 21.1% |
| Whole state: | 1.9% |
61% of Wyard township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in North Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1787
- Northeast: 22
- Midwest: 103
- South: 47
- West: 35
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 622
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 4
- 5 to 9: 39
- 10 to 19: 41
- 20 to 49: 11
- 50 or more: 17
- Mobile homes: 95
Median worth of mobile homes: $61,300
Housing units in Wyard township with a mortgage: 183 (11 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 82
- Construction (21%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wyard township:
- German (24.6%)
- United States or American (14.0%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- English (9.1%)
- Polish (8.2%)
- French (except Basque) (4.5%)
- French Canadian (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Southern Europe (40%)
- Other Northern Europe (20%)
- Philippines (20%)
- Hungary (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 815 (85%)
- Carpooled: 88 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 39 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (52%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Wood (13%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- No fuel used (1%)
96.7% of residents of Wyard township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 13% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,020- In family households: 1,777 (433 male householders, 129 female householders)
434 spouses, 667 children (607 natural, 31 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 15 other relatives, 42 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 243 (112 male householders (87 living alone)), 84 female householders (75 living alone)), 47 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 219 2-persons, 135 3-persons, 130 4-persons, 50 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 162 1-person, 20 2-persons, 14 3-persons,
27 married couples with children.
1 single-parent households (1 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
| Here: | 5.2% |
| North Dakota: | 7.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 1.8% |
| North Dakota: | 6.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 12.5% |
| North Dakota: | 10.5% |