Riverton township, Mason County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (30% naturalized citizens)
| Riverton township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
70% of Riverton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1045
- Northeast: 21
- Midwest: 163
- South: 57
- West: 11
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
5 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 466
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 5
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 53
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,000
Housing units in Riverton township with a mortgage: 108 (7 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 47
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Food (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Riverton township:
- German (39.0%)
- Polish (8.8%)
- United States or American (8.2%)
- English (6.4%)
- Irish (5.1%)
- Swedish (3.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (80%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Canada (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 412 (73%)
- Carpooled: 51 (9%)
- Bicycle: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 10 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 83 (15%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
- Wood (14%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
5 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
84.9% of residents of Riverton township speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
11.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,313- In family households: 1,220 (302 male householders, 57 female householders)
299 spouses, 508 children (470 natural, 0 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 10 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 93 (36 male householders (28 living alone)), 40 female householders (33 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 7 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 141 2-persons, 71 3-persons, 76 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 24 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 61 1-person, 13 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
349 married couples with children.
35 single-parent households (12 men, 23 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 53
| Here: | 29.8% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 11.6% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 7.4% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |