Kerkhoven city, Swift County

2000

Demographic[1]
Total Population	759
Median Age	37.9
Male Population	357
Female Population	402
Ethnicity: White	721
Ethnicity: Black or African American	1
Ethnicity: Asian	0
Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino	36
Total Households	313

Local Employment Dynamics[2]
Percent Employed[3]	67.6%
Percent Unemployed[4]	4.4%

Commuting to Work (percent)[5]
Car, Truck, or Van	86%
Drove alone	72%
Carpooled	14%
Public Transportation (excluding taxicab)	0.9%
Walked	8.3%
Bicycle	0.6%
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means	1.5%
Worked at home	2.9%
Worked in county of residence	147
Worked outside county of residence	200
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	19.4 mins

Housing Occupancy (percent)[6]
Total Housing Units	338
Occupied Housing Units	92.6%
Vacant Housing Units	7.4%
For Rent	16%
Rented, not occupied	20%
For sale only	32%
Sold, not occupied	8%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	4%
All other vacants	20%
Homeowner vacancy rate	3.1
Rental vacancy rate	5.8

Education (percent)[7]
Less than 9^th grade	9.4%
9^th to 12^th grade, no diploma	10.4%
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	32.8%
Some college, no degree	26.9%
Associate’s degree	8.6%
Bachelor’s degree	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%
High school graduate or higher	80.3%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	11.9%

Land Values[8]
Total acres	161
Total estimated value	217,900
Estimated value per acre	1,353

Soils Data[9]
Erosion Water
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
521	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	521
Erosion Wind
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
521	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	521

Crop Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
0	0	0	0	0	0	33	11	28	448	521
Aspen Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	521

Wind and water erosion tables reflect the number of acres with the above listed tonnage of erosion per acre.

Crop production index display the number of acres that fall within the above listed crop growing potential; the higher the growing potential, the better that land is for farming.

Aspen production index display the number of acres that fall within the above listed aspen growing potential; the higher the growing potential, the better that land is for growing aspen trees or forests.

Property Taxes[10]
	Taxable Market Value	Local Net Tax Capacity
Farm Homestead	304,853	2,855
Farm Non Homestead	54,927	659
Timber	0	0
Noncommercial Seasonal Recreation	0	0
Residential Homestead	12,542,766	131,357
Residential Non Homestead	866,677	10,989
Apartments	563,415	8,607
Commercial Seasonal Recreation	0	0
Commercial	1,106,929	27,435
Industrial	0	0
Utilities	84,262	2,598
Railroads	139,808	4,752
Other	0	0
Personal	364,463	11,419
Total	16,028,100	200,671

[2] Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Local Employment Dynamics, All NAICS Sectors

[7] American Community Survey, population 25 years and over