Richland township, Sac County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Richland township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of Richland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 95% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1239
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 92
- South: 16
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $26,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
80 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 543
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 38
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $70,000
Housing units in Richland township with a mortgage: 171 (10 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 208
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Food (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Warehousing and storage (5%)
- Health care (27%)
- Social assistance (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Richland township:
- German (55.9%)
- United States or American (14.7%)
- Swedish (6.4%)
- English (6.1%)
- Irish (3.7%)
- Norwegian (1.7%)
- Danish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Ireland (60%)
- United Kingdom (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 449 (78%)
- Carpooled: 52 (9%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 21 (4%)
- Worked at home: 51 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
80 people in nursing homes
98.3% of residents of Richland township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 38% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,308- In family households: 1,085 (317 male householders, 39 female householders)
316 spouses, 374 children (325 natural, 17 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 2 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 223 (82 male householders (75 living alone)), 131 female householders (130 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 79 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 163 2-persons, 61 3-persons, 76 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 205 1-person, 8 2-persons,
304 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (8 men, 21 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: 6
| Here: | 20.7% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |