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Richland township, Guthrie County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 7 (14% naturalized citizens)

Richland township:

7.4%
Whole state:

3.1%

51% of Richland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Iowa.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 568
  • Northeast: 0
  • Midwest: 26
  • South: 113
  • West: 43

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.5%

No gay or lesbian households reported
Richland township, IA map Richland township, Iowa satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $25,000


Housing units in Richland township with a mortgage: 51 (7 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 51

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 18
  • 1995 to 1998: 49
  • 1990 to 1994: 17
  • 1980 to 1989: 64
  • 1970 to 1979: 81
  • 1960 to 1969: 58
  • 1950 to 1959: 39
  • 1940 to 1949: 10
  • 1939 or earlier: 41

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Richland township, Iowa:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 5
  • 3 rooms: 2
  • 4 rooms: 51
  • 5 rooms: 78
  • 6 rooms: 38
  • 7 rooms: 23
  • 8 rooms: 18
  • 9 or more rooms: 14

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Richland township, Iowa:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 11
  • 4 rooms: 24
  • 5 rooms: 20
  • 6 rooms: 9
  • 7 rooms: 3
  • 8 rooms: 0
  • 9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Richland township:

  • no bedroom: 2
  • 1 bedroom: 3
  • 2 bedrooms: 69
  • 3 bedrooms: 110
  • 4 bedrooms: 41
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 4

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Richland township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 7
  • 2 bedrooms: 30
  • 3 bedrooms: 27
  • 4 bedrooms: 3
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Richland township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 13
  • 1 vehicle: 65
  • 2 vehicles: 92
  • 3 vehicles: 52
  • 4 vehicles: 6
  • 5 or more vehicles: 1

Cars and other vehicles available in Richland township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 24
  • 1 vehicle: 18
  • 2 vehicles: 21
  • 3 vehicles: 2
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 2

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Truck transportation (15%)
  • Food (15%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (9%)
  • Construction (9%)
  • Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
  • Educational services (6%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (20%)
  • Educational services (15%)
  • Public administration (11%)
  • Food (9%)
  • Social assistance (8%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (20%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (9%)
  • Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
  • Operations specialties managers except financial managers (7%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
  • Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (11%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
  • Other protective service workers including supervisors (6%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Richland township:

  • United States or American (28.2%)
  • Irish (13.3%)
  • German (8.4%)
  • English (8.1%)
  • French (except Basque) (7.0%)
  • Scotch-Irish (3.6%)
  • Dutch (1.8%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Mexico (100%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (57%)
  • Electricity (21%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
  • Wood (5%)

90.0% of residents of Richland township speak English at home.
9.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 30% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 794

Size of family households: 101 2-persons, 46 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 53 1-person, 7 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons,

116 married couples with children.
16 single-parent households (6 men, 10 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here:

0.0%
Iowa:

10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here:

0.0%
Iowa:

7.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here:

0.0%
Iowa:

25.4%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Richland township:

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