Grand Prairie township, Marion County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 24.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,609 (33% urban, 67% rural)
| Males: 796 |  (49.5%) |
| Females: 813 |  (50.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,604 (1,469 owner occupied, 135 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 8% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Grand Prairie township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.3%
- Black: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.6%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 40.4
Median age of females: 40.7
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Average household size: 2.68
| Grand Prairie township: | 2.7 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.94
| Grand Prairie township: | $41,849 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $522 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $96,400 (it was $77,000 in 2000)
| : | $96,400 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
| Population density: 66 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Ackley Farms (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Bretz Cemetery (1), Grand Prairie Cemetery (2), Burtsfield Cemetery (3), Fitzhugh Grave (4), Page Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
70% of Grand Prairie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 83% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1169
- Northeast: 20
- Midwest: 62
- South: 119
- West: 31
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $80,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
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
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 563
- Two: 9
- Mobile homes: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $420,000
Housing units in Grand Prairie township with a mortgage: 393 (59 second mortgage, 59 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 90
- Public administration (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Fire fighting and prevention workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Customer service representatives (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grand Prairie township:
- German (41.1%)
- United States or American (25.2%)
- Irish (8.6%)
- English (5.8%)
- Scottish (4.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.5%)
- Welsh (2.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 706 (83%)
- Carpooled: 76 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 22 (3%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 34 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (25%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Utility gas (21%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
99.1% of residents of Grand Prairie township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,404- In family households: 1,274 (381 male householders, 52 female householders)
359 spouses, 400 children (379 natural, 0 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 29 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 16 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 130 (41 male householders (32 living alone)), 75 female householders (68 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 5 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 230 2-persons, 79 3-persons, 82 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 12 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 100 1-person, 16 2-persons,
308 married couples with children.
77 single-parent households (20 men, 57 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 11.3% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 45
| Here: | 37.8% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 24.0% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |