Center township, Richland County, North Dakota (ND) detailed profile
Land area: 44.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 512 (19% urban, 81% rural)
| Males: 276 |  (53.9%) |
| Females: 236 |  (46.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 500 (463 owner occupied, 37 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 7% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Center township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.1%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.6%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
Median age of males: 37.4
Median age of females: 38.5
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Average household size: 2.79
| Center township: | 2.8 people |
| North Dakota: | 2.4 people |
Average family size: 3.22
| Center township: | $55,778 |
| North Dakota: | $55,759 |
| Here: | $458 |
| State: | $622 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $119,484 (it was $65,200 in 2000)
| : | $119,484 |
| North Dakota: | $155,400 |
| Population density: 12 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 9.8% |
| Whole state: | 11.9% |
| This township: | 8.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.9% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Center township: Center Town Hall (A), Dwight Rural Fire Station 1 (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Riverside Cemetery (1), Moore Cemetery (2), Bohemian National Cemetery (3), Calvary Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
79% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in North Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 186
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 297
- South: 0
- West: 26
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
12 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 147
- 10 to 19: 3
- 20 to 49: 23
- Mobile homes: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,600
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 78 (18 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 23
- Construction (14%)
- Computer and electronic products (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Food (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Food (13%)
- Wood products (8%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (17%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (17%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Woodworkers (8%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- German (54.6%)
- Norwegian (29.6%)
- English (5.0%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
- Irish (1.7%)
- Polish (1.7%)
- Czech (1.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 207 (83%)
- Carpooled: 19 (8%)
- Walked: 7 (3%)
- Worked at home: 15 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Utility gas (24%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Other fuel (3%)
12 people in religious group quarters
99.2% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 497- In family households: 449 (136 male householders, 6 female householders)
123 spouses, 176 children (176 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 48 (34 male householders (29 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 12 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 66 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 40 4-persons, 26 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 29 1-person, 5 4-persons,
133 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (2 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 15.5% |
| North Dakota: | 7.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Dakota: | 6.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Dakota: | 10.5% |