Riverdale township, Watonwan County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Riverdale township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
78% of Riverdale township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 295
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 32
- South: 6
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 123
- One, attached: 1
- Mobile homes: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $143,800
Housing units in Riverdale township with a mortgage: 29 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 26
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (34%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Food (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (10%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (32%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (21%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Engineers (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Riverdale township:
- German (34.6%)
- Norwegian (26.1%)
- Swedish (10.6%)
- United States or American (6.0%)
- Danish (3.9%)
- Irish (3.9%)
- Scandinavian (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Romania (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 123 (69%)
- Carpooled: 18 (10%)
- Walked: 9 (5%)
- Other means: 3 (2%)
- Worked at home: 26 (15%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (73%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Utility gas (10%)
- Wood (2%)
98.1% of residents of Riverdale township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 342- In family households: 292 (86 male householders, 10 female householders)
80 spouses, 101 children (97 natural, 2 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 4 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 50 (28 male householders (14 living alone)), 8 female householders (8 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 45 2-persons, 24 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 22 1-person, 12 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
70 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (6 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 9.3% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |