Rich Valley township, Benson County, North Dakota (ND) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 65 (77% naturalized citizens)
Rich Valley township: | 65.2% |
Whole state: | 1.9% |
63% of Rich Valley township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in North Dakota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3445
- Northeast: 71
- Midwest: 577
- South: 180
- West: 83
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,413
- One, attached: 31
- Two: 56
- 3 or 4: 61
- 5 to 9: 51
- 10 to 19: 49
- Mobile homes: 221
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,400
Housing units in Rich Valley township with a mortgage: 731 (61 second mortgage, 111 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 291
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rich Valley township:
- German (34.1%)
- United States or American (13.3%)
- English (11.3%)
- Polish (6.4%)
- Irish (6.3%)
- Dutch (4.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (30%)
- United Kingdom (20%)
- Mexico (17%)
- Canada (17%)
- Japan (7%)
- Other South Eastern Asia (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,802 (77%)
- Carpooled: 321 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 1 (0%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 83 (4%)
- Other means: 26 (1%)
- Worked at home: 85 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (3%)
95.0% of residents of Rich Valley township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
4.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (25% speak English very well, 75% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,368- In family households: 3,787 (985 male householders, 193 female householders)
915 spouses, 1,461 children (1,257 natural, 55 adopted, 149 stepchildren), 43 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 35 other relatives, 127 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 581 (183 male householders (125 living alone)), 264 female householders (238 living alone)), 134 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 39 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 467 2-persons, 244 3-persons, 274 4-persons, 113 5-persons, 50 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 363 1-person, 58 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 7 5-persons,
9 married couples with children.
1 single-parent households (0 men, 1 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 50
Here: | 8.5% |
North Dakota: | 7.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
Here: | 5.7% |
North Dakota: | 6.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 24
Here: | 19.7% |
North Dakota: | 10.5% |