Coal township, Perry County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 14.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,106 (all rural)
| Males: 530 |  (47.9%) |
| Females: 576 |  (52.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,106 (893 owner occupied, 213 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 19% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Coal township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.2%
- Black: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
- Some other race: 0.5%
Median age of males: 35.9
Median age of females: 36.0
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Average household size: 2.51
| Coal township: | 2.5 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.05
| Coal township: | $39,957 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $430 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $90,395 (it was $71,700 in 2000)
| : | $90,395 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
| Population density: 79 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 14.9% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 6.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Cities in this township include: New Straitsville.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Bessie Furnace (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Coal township: Mount Zion Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Dugan Cemetery (1), New Straitsville Joint Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Wayne National Forest Pond (A). Display/hide its location on the map
68% of Coal township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1008
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 18
- South: 42
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 333
- Two: 14
- 10 to 19: 3
- 20 to 49: 21
- Mobile homes: 126
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,100
Housing units in Coal township with a mortgage: 91 (8 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 159
- Construction (19%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (16%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Paper (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Coal township:
- German (23.6%)
- United States or American (23.4%)
- English (12.9%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- Dutch (5.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.9%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 321 (75%)
- Carpooled: 95 (22%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 4 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- No fuel used (3%)
- Wood (2%)
98.4% of residents of Coal township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 55% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,089- In family households: 930 (237 male householders, 64 female householders)
210 spouses, 333 children (285 natural, 4 adopted, 44 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 7 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 159 (61 male householders (48 living alone)), 80 female householders (76 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 119 2-persons, 80 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 124 1-person, 17 2-persons,
177 married couples with children.
95 single-parent households (25 men, 70 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 4.3% |
| 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: 8
| Here: | 66.7% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |