Lafayette township, Medina County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (70% naturalized citizens)
Lafayette township: | 2.2% |
Whole state: | 3.0% |
71% of Lafayette township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4127
- Northeast: 262
- Midwest: 301
- South: 491
- West: 82
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $154,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Lafayette township, Ohio:
- 58 people in nursing homes
- 8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,002
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 33
- 3 or 4: 36
- 5 to 9: 11
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $112,500
Housing units in Lafayette township with a mortgage: 1,136 (169 second mortgage, 272 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 382
- Construction (16%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lafayette township:
- German (27.5%)
- Irish (12.8%)
- English (12.0%)
- United States or American (8.0%)
- Italian (6.8%)
- Polish (6.7%)
- Hungarian (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (31%)
- Jamaica (12%)
- Canada (12%)
- Austria (9%)
- Romania (9%)
- Mexico (8%)
- Italy (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,385 (87%)
- Carpooled: 189 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 19 (1%)
- Walked: 30 (1%)
- Other means: 17 (1%)
- Worked at home: 112 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (54%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Lafayette township, Ohio:
- 58 people in nursing homes
- 8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.5% of residents of Lafayette township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,326- In family households: 4,871 (1,255 male householders, 245 female householders)
1,294 spouses, 1,799 children (1,641 natural, 71 adopted, 87 stepchildren), 74 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 33 parents, 46 other relatives, 107 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 455 (212 male householders (172 living alone)), 158 female householders (147 living alone)), 85 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 72 (56 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 560 2-persons, 342 3-persons, 356 4-persons, 169 5-persons, 60 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 319 1-person, 35 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 2 6-persons,
1,149 married couples with children.
195 single-parent households (75 men, 120 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 44
Here: | 6.1% |
Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 33
Here: | 8.0% |
Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
Here: | 10.0% |
Ohio: | 23.4% |