Elk township, Vinton County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Elk township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
55% of Elk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2705
- Northeast: 42
- Midwest: 54
- South: 308
- West: 32
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $60,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
35 people in nursing homes
9 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 814
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 26
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 74
- 10 to 19: 17
- 20 to 49: 70
- 50 or more: 8
- Mobile homes: 333
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,000
Housing units in Elk township with a mortgage: 310 (23 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 248
- Construction (19%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elk township:
- United States or American (43.8%)
- English (11.1%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- German (10.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
- Scottish (2.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (55%)
- Canada (45%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 931 (79%)
- Carpooled: 169 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 42 (4%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 26 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Electricity (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (2%)
35 people in nursing homes
9 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
97.5% of residents of Elk township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,113- In family households: 2,691 (618 male householders, 233 female householders)
594 spouses, 997 children (917 natural, 14 adopted, 66 stepchildren), 97 grandchildren, 30 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 36 other relatives, 77 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 422 (132 male householders (124 living alone)), 271 female householders (261 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 44 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 338 2-persons, 215 3-persons, 183 4-persons, 80 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 385 1-person, 18 2-persons,
558 married couples with children.
276 single-parent households (63 men, 213 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 1.9% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 3.4% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |