Canaan township, Madison County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (46% naturalized citizens)
| Canaan township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
66% of Canaan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1887
- Northeast: 110
- Midwest: 166
- South: 235
- West: 29
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 473
- One, attached: 24
- Two: 5
- Mobile homes: 430
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,600
Housing units in Canaan township with a mortgage: 224 (62 second mortgage, 28 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 91
- Construction (22%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Carpenters (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Canaan township:
- German (32.1%)
- United States or American (27.4%)
- English (11.3%)
- Irish (6.6%)
- Swiss (5.7%)
- Italian (3.6%)
- European (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Ireland (54%)
- Netherlands (46%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,188 (89%)
- Carpooled: 91 (7%)
- Walked: 6 (0%)
- Other means: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 31 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (2%)
92.7% of residents of Canaan township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
6.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,453- In family households: 2,264 (610 male householders, 112 female householders)
638 spouses, 814 children (760 natural, 10 adopted, 44 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 15 other relatives, 48 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 189 (106 male householders (88 living alone)), 63 female householders (63 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 299 2-persons, 177 3-persons, 125 4-persons, 94 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 151 1-person, 18 2-persons,
618 married couples with children.
107 single-parent households (39 men, 68 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 103
| Here: | 26.1% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 10.1% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 22
| Here: | 47.8% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |