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Richland township, Decatur County, IA

279 Population
35.7 square miles 7.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±20.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Decatur County: 36.1 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,063 ±$7,306 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Decatur County: $30,020 ±$2,558
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,719 ±$6,517 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Decatur County: $59,044 ±$4,382
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.4% ±11% (54  ±35) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Decatur County: 14.6% † 1,034 (±2.8% / ±196)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.5 minutes ±12.5 (3,130  ±984) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Decatur County: 22.5 79,665 (±1.9 / ±7,669)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

132 ±37 Number of households
  • Decatur County: 3,055 ±119
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.3 (279  ±88) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Decatur County: 2.4 7,184 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±7.7% (4  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Decatur County: 7.2% † 125 (±1.9% / ±33)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

176 ±53 Number of housing units
  • Decatur County: 3,659 ±32
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$58,300 ±$55,842 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Decatur County: $113,900 ±$6,899
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.2% ±8.9% (17  ±25) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Decatur County: 16.7% † 1,282 (±2.8% / ±217)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.5% ±39.4% (191  ±52.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Decatur County: 89.8% 4,289 (±5.1% / ±245.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.4% ±14.6% (40  ±31) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Decatur County: 23.5% † 1,124 (±3% / ±141.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

9.3% ±8.5% (20  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Decatur County: 6% † 360 (±0.9% / ±52)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
20 Total veterans ±19 20 Male ±19 N/A Female ±10

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