Rich Valley township, McLeod County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (80% naturalized citizens)
| Rich Valley township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
82% of Rich Valley township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% 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: 690
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 41
- South: 2
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 259
- Mobile homes: 21
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Rich Valley township with a mortgage: 60 (1 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 36
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Repair and maintenance (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Computer and electronic products (9%)
- Food (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Computer and electronic products (30%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (3%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rich Valley township:
- German (48.8%)
- Czech (19.1%)
- Polish (10.7%)
- Irish (4.3%)
- Norwegian (3.4%)
- Czechoslovakian (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (60%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 295 (76%)
- Carpooled: 36 (9%)
- Walked: 10 (3%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 45 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (50%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%)
- Wood (15%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
97.6% of residents of Rich Valley township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 744- In family households: 665 (198 male householders, 11 female householders)
191 spouses, 244 children (231 natural, 5 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 2 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 79 (42 male householders (33 living alone)), 21 female householders (19 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 89 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 51 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 52 1-person, 9 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
197 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (8 men, 6 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
| Here: | 22.0% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 3.7% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 25.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |