Riley township, Vigo County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Riley township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
66% of Riley township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2152
- Northeast: 118
- Midwest: 342
- South: 158
- West: 80
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $92,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,002
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 18
- 10 to 19: 8
- 20 to 49: 17
- 50 or more: 9
- Mobile homes: 95
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,600
Housing units in Riley township with a mortgage: 505 (61 second mortgage, 82 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 226
- Construction (19%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (23%)
- Health care (19%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Gasoline stations (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Riley township:
- United States or American (28.1%)
- German (22.2%)
- English (14.6%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- Scottish (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.1%)
- Welsh (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Lebanon (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,299 (92%)
- Carpooled: 67 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 16 (1%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 27 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (39%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (3%)
3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.9% of residents of Riley township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,855- In family households: 2,560 (664 male householders, 154 female householders)
752 spouses, 931 children (887 natural, 16 adopted, 28 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 33 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 295 (135 male householders (118 living alone)), 111 female householders (76 living alone)), 49 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 307 2-persons, 222 3-persons, 198 4-persons, 68 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 194 1-person, 51 2-persons, 1 4-persons,
619 married couples with children.
89 single-parent households (27 men, 62 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
| Here: | 6.1% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
| Here: | 17.8% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |