Nelson township, Portage County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (70% naturalized citizens)
| Nelson township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
57% of Nelson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2359
- Northeast: 122
- Midwest: 80
- South: 339
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 721
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 356
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,800
Housing units in Nelson township with a mortgage: 334 (34 second mortgage, 44 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 142
- Construction (25%)
- Plastics and rubber products (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Food (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Plastics and rubber products (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Nelson township:
- German (30.0%)
- English (13.2%)
- United States or American (12.0%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- Hungarian (5.6%)
- Italian (4.1%)
- Polish (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Hungary (70%)
- Canada (30%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,268 (83%)
- Carpooled: 184 (12%)
- Walked: 16 (1%)
- Other means: 18 (1%)
- Worked at home: 42 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (34%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Solar energy (1%)
91.9% of residents of Nelson township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
6.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,959- In family households: 2,589 (660 male householders, 131 female householders)
680 spouses, 940 children (821 natural, 15 adopted, 104 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 38 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 47 other relatives, 72 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 370 (146 male householders (98 living alone)), 141 female householders (130 living alone)), 83 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 332 2-persons, 181 3-persons, 167 4-persons, 91 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 228 1-person, 44 2-persons, 15 3-persons,
642 married couples with children.
105 single-parent households (37 men, 68 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 35
| Here: | 7.8% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 3.2% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 15.5% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |