Salem township, Jefferson County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (85% naturalized citizens)
Salem township: | 1.2% |
Whole state: | 3.0% |
78% of Salem township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 32% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2288
- Northeast: 248
- Midwest: 54
- South: 378
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
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
3 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,058
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 24
- 3 or 4: 3
- 5 to 9: 10
- Mobile homes: 199
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,800
Housing units in Salem township with a mortgage: 400 (26 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 417
- Metal and metal products (23%)
- Construction (12%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Salem township:
- German (26.3%)
- English (16.3%)
- Irish (11.6%)
- Italian (11.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.5%)
- United States or American (3.2%)
- French (except Basque) (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (38%)
- Dominican Republic (18%)
- Other Northern Africa (15%)
- Korea (13%)
- Philippines (10%)
- Greece (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,155 (91%)
- Carpooled: 71 (6%)
- Walked: 25 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 14 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (32%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
- Utility gas (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood (4%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
3 people in religious group quarters
96.7% of residents of Salem township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,029- In family households: 2,664 (759 male householders, 145 female householders)
745 spouses, 847 children (806 natural, 10 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 95 grandchildren, 26 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 42 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 365 (91 male householders (66 living alone)), 200 female householders (185 living alone)), 74 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 462 2-persons, 197 3-persons, 176 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 251 1-person, 29 2-persons, 1 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
525 married couples with children.
108 single-parent households (35 men, 73 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
Here: | 2.3% |
Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
Here: | 13.7% |
Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18
Here: | 12.0% |
Ohio: | 23.4% |