Ottawa township, Putnam County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (86% naturalized citizens)
| Ottawa township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
70% of Ottawa township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7168
- Northeast: 155
- Midwest: 296
- South: 213
- West: 48
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $76,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
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 Ottawa township, Ohio:
- 121 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 6 people in religious group quarters
- 3 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,375
- One, attached: 83
- Two: 164
- 3 or 4: 99
- 5 to 9: 70
- 10 to 19: 32
- 20 to 49: 55
- 50 or more: 32
- Mobile homes: 124
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,700
Housing units in Ottawa township with a mortgage: 1,291 (126 second mortgage, 185 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 789
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Construction (10%)
- Computer and electronic products (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Computer and electronic products (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ottawa township:
- German (74.2%)
- United States or American (7.0%)
- Irish (2.5%)
- English (2.0%)
- Italian (1.2%)
- Polish (1.2%)
- Dutch (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (30%)
- Korea (21%)
- Nicaragua (10%)
- Germany (7%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
- Spain (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,227 (82%)
- Carpooled: 448 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 26 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 10 (0%)
- Bicycle: 15 (0%)
- Walked: 106 (3%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 95 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (48%)
- Electricity (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Ottawa township, Ohio:
- 121 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 6 people in religious group quarters
- 3 people in homes for the mentally ill
94.6% of residents of Ottawa township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (16% speak English very well, 79% speak English well, 5% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,825- In family households: 6,913 (1,775 male householders, 318 female householders)
1,812 spouses, 2,801 children (2,696 natural, 15 adopted, 90 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 40 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 28 other relatives, 104 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 912 (386 male householders (339 living alone)), 432 female householders (389 living alone)), 94 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 136 (128 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 821 2-persons, 412 3-persons, 463 4-persons, 259 5-persons, 108 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 728 1-person, 81 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
1,875 married couples with children.
325 single-parent households (89 men, 236 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 279
| Here: | 24.8% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
| Here: | 3.7% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 83
| Here: | 37.1% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |