Riverside township, Sedgwick County, Kansas (KS)

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Riverside township, KS map Land area: 18.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.4 sq. mi.
Population: 15,694 (96% urban, 4% rural)

Males: 7,815	(49.8%)
Females: 7,879	(50.2%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 15,596 (11,880 owner occupied, 3,716 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	24%
State:	31%

Races in Riverside township:

White Non-Hispanic: 84.9%
Black: 2.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.4%
Asian: 3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
Hispanic or Latino: 4.8%
Two or more races: 2.4%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 32.1
Median age of females: 32.7

Average houshold size: 2.86
Average family size: 3.28

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Population density: 862 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	7.9%
Whole state:	9.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	3.4%
Whole state:	4.1%

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Number of foreign born residents: 681 (43% naturalized citizens)

Riverside township:	4.3%
State:	5.0%

56% of Riverside township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in Kansas.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 9948
Northeast: 346
Midwest: 1575
South: 2322
West: 803

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,800

Riverside township, Kansas satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

98 people in nursing homes

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 4,496
One, attached: 127
Two: 84
3 or 4: 25
5 to 9: 37
10 to 19: 37
50 or more: 70
Mobile homes: 947
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6

Median worth of mobile homes: $31,500

Housing units in Riverside township with a mortgage: 2,528 (368 second mortgage, 162 home equity loan, 21 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 717

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 142
1995 to 1998: 505
1990 to 1994: 637
1980 to 1989: 1,143
1970 to 1979: 913
1960 to 1969: 324
1950 to 1959: 1,765
1940 to 1949: 233
1939 or earlier: 167

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Riverside township, Kansas:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 62
3 rooms: 161
4 rooms: 464
5 rooms: 1,012
6 rooms: 696
7 rooms: 590
8 rooms: 567
9 or more rooms: 590

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Riverside township, Kansas:

1 room: 7
2 rooms: 107
3 rooms: 148
4 rooms: 462
5 rooms: 354
6 rooms: 149
7 rooms: 43
8 rooms: 55
9 or more rooms: 6

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Riverside township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 159
2 bedrooms: 885
3 bedrooms: 2,178
4 bedrooms: 725
5 or more bedrooms: 195

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Riverside township:

no bedroom: 14
1 bedroom: 230
2 bedrooms: 641
3 bedrooms: 344
4 bedrooms: 86
5 or more bedrooms: 16

Cars and other vehicles available in Riverside township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 91
1 vehicle: 775
2 vehicles: 1,996
3 vehicles: 856
4 vehicles: 317
5 or more vehicles: 107

Cars and other vehicles available in Riverside township in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 146
1 vehicle: 614
2 vehicles: 456
3 vehicles: 89
4 vehicles: 10
5 or more vehicles: 16

Most common industries for males:

Transportation equipment (30%)
Construction (11%)
Repair and maintenance (6%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Public administration (4%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
Educational services (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (14%)
Transportation equipment (12%)
Educational services (12%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Social assistance (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Engineers (5%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Cashiers (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Child care workers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Riverside township:

German (22.9%)
United States or American (16.8%)
English (9.6%)
Irish (9.2%)
French (except Basque) (2.6%)
Dutch (2.2%)
Scotch-Irish (2.1%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Laos (32%)
Mexico (21%)
Vietnam (12%)
Cambodia (5%)
Other Eastern Europe (4%)
Philippines (4%)
El Salvador (4%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 6,357 (85%)
Carpooled: 746 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 63 (1%)
Railroad: 7 (0%)
Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
Walked: 37 (0%)
Other means: 72 (1%)
Worked at home: 149 (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (81%)
Electricity (16%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)

98 people in nursing homes

92.7% of residents of Riverside township speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
3.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (51% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Household type by relationship

Households: 15,727

In family households: 14,255 (3,274 male householders, 973 female householders)
3,247 spouses, 5,784 children (5,182 natural, 147 adopted, 455 stepchildren), 278 grandchildren, 127 brothers or sisters, 75 parents, 167 other relatives, 330 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,472 (682 male householders (541 living alone)), 546 female householders (484 living alone)), 244 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 98 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 1,476 2-persons, 984 3-persons, 950 4-persons, 556 5-persons, 179 6-persons, 102 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,025 1-person, 172 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 5 4-persons.

3,608 married couples with children.
1,110 single-parent households (280 men, 830 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 231

Here:	9.4%
Kansas:	11.1%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 60

Here:	5.3%
Kansas:	7.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 121

Here:	23.8%
Kansas:	13.8%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

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