Ames township, Athens County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Ames township: | 4.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
60% of Ames township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 869
- Northeast: 64
- Midwest: 112
- South: 118
- West: 52
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.8%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 510
- One, attached: 8
- Mobile homes: 60
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,800
Housing units in Ames township with a mortgage: 91 (2 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 53
- Educational services (19%)
- Construction (17%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Construction (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Postsecondary teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ames township:
- German (20.0%)
- United States or American (18.7%)
- Irish (14.3%)
- English (7.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.0%)
- Dutch (4.2%)
- British (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- South Africa (29%)
- Israel (27%)
- Other Eastern Africa (14%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Mexico (11%)
- Asia, n.e.c. (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 453 (77%)
- Carpooled: 88 (15%)
- Bicycle: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 39 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Utility gas (31%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (13%)
- Other fuel (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
94.7% of residents of Ames township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.6% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,286- In family households: 1,097 (254 male householders, 72 female householders)
263 spouses, 387 children (335 natural, 0 adopted, 52 stepchildren), 61 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 31 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 189 (73 male householders (56 living alone)), 74 female householders (55 living alone)), 42 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 149 2-persons, 63 3-persons, 46 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 111 1-person, 30 2-persons, 6 4-persons,
213 married couples with children.
82 single-parent households (19 men, 63 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 8.8% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |