Mercer County, Ohio (OH)

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• • 39,41494.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 9122.2%Two or more races
  • 8722.1%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2700.6%Asian alone
  • 2110.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2000.5%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 150.04%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $263,327

Here:	$263,327
State:	$254,366

Townhouses or other attached units: $184,774

Here:	$184,774
State:	$225,733

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $186,290

Here:	$186,290
State:	$211,593

Mobile homes: $43,920

Here:	$43,920
State:	$62,719

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 0
• Burglaries: 2
• Thefts: 11
• Auto thefts: 0

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 4
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 2
• Burglaries: 5
• Thefts: 44
• Auto thefts: 0

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,003 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,164 (1.1%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Mercer County is $426 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $678 a month.

Cities in this county include: Celina, Coldwater, St. Henry, Fort Recovery, Rockford, Mendon, Chickasaw, Burkettsville, Montezuma.

Neighboring counties: Auglaize County , Cumberland County, Pennsylvania , Franklin County, Pennsylvania , Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania , Seneca County , White County, Indiana .

Current college students: 1,275
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 93.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 20.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 609 (23.6% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 3302010 or later
• 1252000 to 2009
• 451990 to 1999
• 631980 to 1989
• 511970 to 1979
• 127Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 96.3%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 14,679
• One, attached: 295
• Two: 646
• 3 or 4: 463
• 5 to 9: 407
• 10 to 19: 126
• 20 to 49: 145
• 50 or more: 190
• Mobile homes: 1,003

Housing units in Mercer County with a mortgage: 6,637 (581 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 509 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 419

Religion statistics for Mercer County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Mercer County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Ohio Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4507, Natural disaster type: Other
• Ohio Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslide, Incident Period: May 27, 2019 - May 29, 2019, FEMA Id: 4447, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood, Wind
• Ohio Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3250: September 13, 2005, FEMA Id: 3250, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Ohio Severe Winter Storms, Flooding and Mudslides, Incident Period: December 22, 2004 to February 01, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1580: February 15, 2005, FEMA Id: 1580, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Mudslide, Flood
• Ohio Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: July 04, 2003 to July 11, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1478: July 15, 2003, FEMA Id: 1478, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Ohio Severe Storm, Flooding, Incident Period: August 07, 1995 to August 18, 1995, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1065: August 25, 1995, FEMA Id: 1065, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Ohio Flooding, Severe Storm, Tornadoes, Incident Period: July 12, 1992 to August 01, 1992, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-951: August 04, 1992, FEMA Id: 951, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Ohio SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, Incident Period: May 23, 1989 to June 26, 1989, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-831: June 10, 1989, FEMA Id: 831, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Ohio Blizzards and Snowstorms, Incident Period: January 26, 1978, Emergency Declared EM-3055: January 26, 1978, FEMA Id: 3055, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Blizzard
• Ohio TORNADOES, SEVERE STORMS, Incident Period: April 14, 1965, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-191: April 14, 1965, FEMA Id: 191, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado

3.71% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($51,877 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.62% relocated from other counties in Ohio ($37,845 average AGI)
1.09% relocated from other states ($14,032 average AGI)

Mercer County:	1.09%
Ohio average:	1.92%

from Auglaize County, OH	0.88% ($50,781 average AGI)
from Van Wert County, OH	0.26% ($49,652)
from Darke County, OH	0.20% ($42,917)
from Allen County, OH	0.19% ($32,588)
from Franklin County, OH	0.17% ($73,862)
from Shelby County, OH	0.16% ($45,393)
from Jay County, IN	0.15% ($56,731)

4.02% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($46,858 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.78% relocated to other counties in Ohio ($31,430 average AGI)
1.25% relocated to other states ($15,427 average AGI)

Mercer County:	1.25%
Ohio average:	2.05%

to Auglaize County, OH	0.88% ($47,903 average AGI)
to Van Wert County, OH	0.33% ($49,169)
to Darke County, OH	0.31% ($43,836)
to Montgomery County, OH	0.16% ($41,107)
to Allen County, OH	0.15% ($27,148)
to Shelby County, OH	0.13% ($47,130)
to Franklin County, OH	0.13% ($41,217)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.8

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 9.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 10.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.8

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Mercer County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 8,700 (2,036 living alone), Female householders: 7,604 (2,508 living alone)

• 9,326 spouses (9,172 opposite-sex spouses), 1,122 unmarried partners, (1,121 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 12,800 children (12,074 natural, 247 adopted, 479 stepchildren), 552 grandchildren, 108 brothers or sisters, 211 parents, 9 foster children, 242 other relatives, 1,052 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 530

Size of family households: 5,139 2-persons, 2,055 3-persons, 1,651 4-persons, 1,022 5-persons, 541 6-persons, 318 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,546 1-person, 874 2-persons, 85 3-persons, 48 4-persons, 14 6-persons.

8,303 married couples with children.
1,460 single-parent households (424 men, 1,036 women).

97.7% of residents of Mercer speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $111,751,000 ($2,721 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,468,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $27,787,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $39,849,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $9,317,000
Federal grants: $26,795,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,081,000 ($136,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,921,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $816,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $13,154,000
Federal Government insurance: $56,709,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-14 per 1000 residents
State:	-15 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.51 millions of gallons per day (52% from ground, 48% from surface)

• Year house built in Mercer County, Ohio
• 1782020 or later
• 1,3882010 to 2019
• 1,9632000 to 2009
• 2,1561990 to 1999
• 1,8191980 to 1989
• 2,4151970 to 1979
• 1,5341960 to 1969
• 2,4411950 to 1959
• 9621940 to 1949
• 3,0911939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Mercer County, Ohio

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Mercer County, Ohio
• 01 room
• 102 rooms
• 2503 rooms
• 7814 rooms
• 2,1595 rooms
• 2,6276 rooms
• 2,6257 rooms
• 1,9658 rooms
• 2,5259+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mercer County, Ohio
• 911 room
• 1222 rooms
• 4463 rooms
• 6834 rooms
• 9995 rooms
• 4516 rooms
• 2797 rooms
• 1648 rooms
• 1579+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Mercer County, Ohio

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Mercer County, Ohio
• 0no bedroom
• 2141 bedroom
• 1,7752 bedrooms
• 7,3613 bedrooms
• 2,9014 bedrooms
• 6775+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Mercer County, Ohio
• 106no bedroom
• 6521 bedroom
• 1,4342 bedrooms
• 8253 bedrooms
• 3404 bedrooms
• 415+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Mercer County, Ohio in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Mercer County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 221no vehicle
• 2,5601 vehicle
• 5,2742 vehicles
• 3,2203 vehicles
• 9364 vehicles
• 6775+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Mercer County in renter-occupied apartments
• 469no vehicle
• 1,8071 vehicle
• 7852 vehicles
• 2323 vehicles
• 744 vehicles
• 405+ vehicles

90.7% of Mercer County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Ohio.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 36,967
• Other state: 4,567
• Northeast: 361
• Midwest: 2,980
• South: 907
• West: 315

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 381
• Number of aged recipients: 17
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 364
• Number of recipients under 18: 66
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 267
• Number of recipients older than 64: 48
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 134
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 166

Mercer County on our top lists:

• #15 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"
• #30 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011"