Richland township, Ottawa County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Richland township: | 3.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
53% of Richland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 818
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 63
- South: 34
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 505
- Two: 5
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 135
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 52
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,500
Housing units in Richland township with a mortgage: 89 (2 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 87
- Construction (15%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Air transportation (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Richland township:
- German (24.0%)
- English (17.8%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- United States or American (8.4%)
- French (except Basque) (5.3%)
- Polish (5.1%)
- Dutch (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (43%)
- United Kingdom (29%)
- Canada (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 266 (73%)
- Carpooled: 69 (19%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (2%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 19 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Wood (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Other fuel (2%)
97.6% of residents of Richland township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 959- In family households: 829 (213 male householders, 52 female householders)
209 spouses, 297 children (271 natural, 1 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 6 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 130 (59 male householders (51 living alone)), 48 female householders (42 living alone)), 23 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 5 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 125 2-persons, 48 3-persons, 54 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 93 1-person, 10 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
31 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (0 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 11.5% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |