Richland township, Benton County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 125 (62% naturalized citizens)
| Richland township: | 125.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
69% of Richland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3294
- Northeast: 1150
- Midwest: 80
- South: 48
- West: 39
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $236,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
53 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,561
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 167
- 3 or 4: 105
- 5 to 9: 29
- 10 to 19: 44
- 20 to 49: 30
- 50 or more: 157
Housing units in Richland township with a mortgage: 890 (52 second mortgage, 141 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 557
- Construction (7%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Richland township:
- Italian (30.9%)
- Irish (12.0%)
- German (11.0%)
- Polish (6.9%)
- United States or American (2.9%)
- Greek (1.7%)
- English (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Colombia (11%)
- Philippines (11%)
- Korea (9%)
- Poland (7%)
- Greece (6%)
- Germany (5%)
- Italy (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,095 (80%)
- Carpooled: 246 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 100 (4%)
- Railroad: 36 (1%)
- Walked: 40 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 85 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
53 people in nursing homes
75.5% of residents of Richland township speak English at home.
5.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
12.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
4.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
1.5% of residents speak other language at home (56% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,203- In family households: 4,410 (1,112 male householders, 264 female householders)
1,178 spouses, 1,452 children (1,379 natural, 21 adopted, 52 stepchildren), 106 grandchildren, 56 brothers or sisters, 43 parents, 135 other relatives, 64 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 793 (193 male householders (157 living alone)), 486 female householders (409 living alone)), 114 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 325 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 529 2-persons, 320 3-persons, 322 4-persons, 136 5-persons, 45 6-persons, 24 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 566 1-person, 99 2-persons, 14 3-persons,
130 married couples with children.
53 single-parent households (12 men, 41 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 41
| Here: | 9.2% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 22
| Here: | 11.3% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 59
| Here: | 29.4% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |