Defiance township, Defiance County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Defiance township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
58% of Defiance township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9864
- Northeast: 321
- Midwest: 1493
- South: 1082
- West: 148
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $56,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Defiance township, Ohio:
- 106 people in nursing homes
- 5 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 5 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,166
- One, attached: 129
- Two: 431
- 3 or 4: 196
- 5 to 9: 238
- 10 to 19: 49
- 20 to 49: 67
- 50 or more: 10
- Mobile homes: 402
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,800
Housing units in Defiance township with a mortgage: 2,304 (277 second mortgage, 368 home equity loan, 33 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,081
- Transportation equipment (19%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Construction (9%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Defiance township:
- German (39.0%)
- United States or American (12.1%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- English (5.0%)
- Italian (2.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
- Polish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (31%)
- El Salvador (15%)
- Canada (12%)
- Dominican Republic (12%)
- Germany (9%)
- Korea (6%)
- Panama (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,578 (86%)
- Carpooled: 613 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 12 (0%)
- Bicycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 133 (2%)
- Other means: 57 (1%)
- Worked at home: 69 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
People in group quarters in Defiance township, Ohio:
- 106 people in nursing homes
- 5 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 5 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
90.0% of residents of Defiance township speak English at home.
8.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,138- In family households: 11,224 (2,846 male householders, 767 female householders)
2,824 spouses, 4,084 children (3,654 natural, 110 adopted, 320 stepchildren), 143 grandchildren, 64 brothers or sisters, 33 parents, 106 other relatives, 357 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,914 (793 male householders (625 living alone)), 829 female householders (747 living alone)), 292 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 106 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,496 2-persons, 914 3-persons, 799 4-persons, 261 5-persons, 105 6-persons, 38 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,372 1-person, 216 2-persons, 17 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 11 5-persons,
2,292 married couples with children.
1,085 single-parent households (281 men, 804 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 185
| Here: | 12.4% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 0.9% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 125
| Here: | 41.8% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |