Riverton township, Clay County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Riverton township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
45% of Riverton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 0% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 236
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 70
- South: 2
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 112
- One, attached: 4
Housing units in Riverton township with a mortgage: 61 (0 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 0
- Utilities (15%)
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Public administration (15%)
- Health care (14%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (23%)
- Top executives (11%)
- Construction laborers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (14%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (9%)
- Child care workers (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Riverton township:
- German (43.8%)
- Danish (18.8%)
- Dutch (8.3%)
- Irish (8.0%)
- United States or American (7.2%)
- Norwegian (5.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Venezuela (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 173 (76%)
- Carpooled: 13 (6%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 11 (5%)
- Worked at home: 27 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (63%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Solar energy (4%)
96.3% of residents of Riverton township speak English at home.
3.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 323- In family households: 296 (81 male householders, 21 female householders)
90 spouses, 96 children (86 natural, 0 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 27 (16 male householders (5 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 59 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 21 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 5 1-person, 11 2-persons,
72 married couples with children.
6 single-parent households (0 men, 6 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: 12
| Here: | 66.7% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |