Mason township, Lawrence County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 39.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.5 sq. mi.
Population: 1,095 (all rural)
| Males: 552 |  (50.4%) |
| Females: 543 |  (49.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,095 (909 owner occupied, 186 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 17% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Mason township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
Median age of males: 33.1
Median age of females: 32.2
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Average household size: 2.72
| Mason township: | 2.7 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.18
| Mason township: | $43,173 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $433 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $94,376 (it was $64,500 in 2000)
| : | $94,376 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
| Population density: 28 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 23.8% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 13.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Mason township include: Mount Pleasant Church (A), Locust Grove Church (B), Lawrence Chapel (C), Fairview Church (D), Center Point Church (E), Palestine Church (F), Walnut Ridge Church (G), Okey Church (H), New Zion Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Sanders Cemetery (1), Rucker Cemetery (2), Rose Cemetery (3), Rapp Cemetery (4), Haskins Cemetery (5), Callicoat Cemetery (6), Lawrence Chapel Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Timber Ridge Lake (A), Timbre Ridge Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Buck Creek (A), Brushy Branch (B), Turkey Creek (C), Watson Creek (D), Buckeye Creek (E), Long Creek (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
64% of Mason township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 663
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 32
- South: 481
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
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: 252
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 219
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,800
Housing units in Mason township with a mortgage: 78 (7 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 37
- Construction (19%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Health care (31%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (9%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Gasoline stations (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (18%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (19%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (19%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Financial managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mason township:
- United States or American (53.2%)
- English (9.0%)
- Irish (8.2%)
- German (6.0%)
- Italian (3.5%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 375 (100%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (64%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Wood (2%)
97.1% of residents of Mason township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (38% speak English very well, 62% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,189- In family households: 1,083 (238 male householders, 75 female householders)
237 spouses, 408 children (345 natural, 7 adopted, 56 stepchildren), 56 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 36 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 106 (54 male householders (49 living alone)), 45 female householders (45 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 104 2-persons, 74 3-persons, 54 4-persons, 63 5-persons, 18 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 94 1-person, 5 2-persons,
240 married couples with children.
61 single-parent households (11 men, 50 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |