Moorefield township, Harrison County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 26.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.6 sq. mi.
Population: 420 (all rural)
| Males: 226 |  (53.8%) |
| Females: 194 |  (46.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 420 (348 owner occupied, 72 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 17% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Moorefield township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 100.0%
Median age of males: 40.7
Median age of females: 44.1
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Average household size: 2.49
| Moorefield township: | 2.5 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.07
| Moorefield township: | $38,819 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $385 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $81,074 (it was $58,500 in 2000)
| : | $81,074 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $105,532
Here: $105,532 State: $161,442
Townhouses or other attached units: $87,050
Here: $87,050 State: $159,986
In 2-unit structures: $33,935
Here: $33,935 State: $104,134
Mobile homes: $24,136
Here: $24,136 State: $36,578
| Population density: 16 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 13.1% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 7.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Moorefield Township Fire Department (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Moorefield township include: Nottingham Church (A), Rankin Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Rankin Methodist Episcopal Cemetery (1), Nottingham Cemetery (2), Moorefield Methodist Episcopal Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Consolidation Coal Company Pond 0110- (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Rush Run (A), Boggs Fork (B), Plum Run (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
74% of Moorefield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 19% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 255
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 4
- South: 73
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 187
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 57
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Moorefield township with a mortgage: 33 (5 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 41
- Truck transportation (17%)
- Construction (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Health care (20%)
- Printing and related support activities (19%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (14%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (10%)
- U. S. Postal service (10%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (10%)
- Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Architects, surveyors, and cartographers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (20%)
- Registered nurses (15%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other financial specialists (10%)
- Extraction workers (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Moorefield township:
- United States or American (35.4%)
- Irish (17.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (16.0%)
- German (12.3%)
- Welsh (9.0%)
- Italian (5.2%)
- Scottish (4.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 97 (61%)
- Carpooled: 26 (16%)
- Walked: 6 (4%)
- Other means: 3 (2%)
- Worked at home: 27 (17%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (56%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Wood (9%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Coal or coke (7%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 337- In family households: 281 (77 male householders, 14 female householders)
88 spouses, 91 children (91 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 56 (17 male householders (11 living alone)), 31 female householders (31 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 45 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 12 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 42 1-person, 6 2-persons,
81 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (2 men, 6 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% |