Brush Creek township, Muskingum County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 30.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 1,375 (all rural)
| Males: 691 |  (50.3%) |
| Females: 684 |  (49.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,375 (1,236 owner occupied, 139 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 10% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Brush Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.6%
- Black: 1.4%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 1.4%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 36.2
Median age of females: 36.7
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Average household size: 2.78
| Brush Creek township: | 2.8 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.13
| Brush Creek township: | $39,212 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $471 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $96,800 (it was $81,400 in 2000)
| : | $96,800 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
| Population density: 45 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 15.6% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 8.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Brush Creek township include: Saint James Church (A), Cannelville Methodist Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Antioch Cemetery (1), Saint Johns English Lutheran Cemetery (2), Swingle Cemetery (3), Brush Creek Cemetery (4), Saint James Cemetery (5), Dozer Cemetery (6), Fairview Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Goose Run (A), Brush Creek (B), Turkey Run (C), Baughman Run (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
66% of Brush Creek 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, 100% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1258
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 13
- South: 29
- West: 7
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 381
- Mobile homes: 158
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,900
Housing units in Brush Creek township with a mortgage: 124 (30 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 75
- Construction (17%)
- Wood products (17%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (9%)
- Food (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Wood products (22%)
- Accommodation and food services (18%)
- Health care (10%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food (4%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (21%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Woodworkers (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Brush Creek township:
- United States or American (33.9%)
- German (27.8%)
- Dutch (4.5%)
- Irish (4.4%)
- English (3.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.9%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 407 (80%)
- Carpooled: 94 (19%)
- Worked at home: 6 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Utility gas (18%)
- Wood (16%)
- Other fuel (3%)
96.1% of residents of Brush Creek township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,313- In family households: 1,203 (298 male householders, 76 female householders)
309 spouses, 445 children (425 natural, 0 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 23 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 23 parents, 9 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 110 (50 male householders (47 living alone)), 44 female householders (35 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 129 2-persons, 109 3-persons, 81 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 18 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 82 1-person, 9 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
271 married couples with children.
71 single-parent households (31 men, 40 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
| Here: | 8.0% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 8.5% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |