Riverside township, Christian County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (83% naturalized citizens)
| Riverside township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
34% of Riverside township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2122
- Northeast: 58
- Midwest: 405
- South: 518
- West: 266
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $154,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
114 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,173
- One, attached: 42
- Two: 26
- 3 or 4: 25
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,600
Housing units in Riverside township with a mortgage: 780 (70 second mortgage, 75 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 184
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Riverside township:
- United States or American (22.3%)
- German (19.4%)
- English (16.4%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- European (4.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.7%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (21%)
- Germany (21%)
- Colombia (21%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (19%)
- Canada (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,612 (88%)
- Carpooled: 125 (7%)
- Walked: 18 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 72 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (48%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
114 people in nursing homes
97.4% of residents of Riverside township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 54% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (49% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 16% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,315- In family households: 3,115 (928 male householders, 109 female householders)
895 spouses, 1,103 children (969 natural, 66 adopted, 68 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 50 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 200 (59 male householders (34 living alone)), 122 female householders (122 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 115 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 440 2-persons, 217 3-persons, 262 4-persons, 82 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 156 1-person, 25 2-persons,
724 married couples with children.
108 single-parent households (20 men, 88 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 58
| Here: | 11.7% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
| Here: | 13.2% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |