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Penfield township, Lorain County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 1 (45% naturalized citizens)

Penfield township:

1.3%
Whole state:

3.0%

68% of Penfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Ohio.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 1205
  • Northeast: 62
  • Midwest: 47
  • South: 290
  • West: 17

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%

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
Penfield township, OH map Penfield township, Ohio satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Housing units in Penfield township with a mortgage: 335 (44 second mortgage, 88 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 92

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 16
  • 1995 to 1998: 50
  • 1990 to 1994: 116
  • 1980 to 1989: 89
  • 1970 to 1979: 149
  • 1960 to 1969: 33
  • 1950 to 1959: 25
  • 1940 to 1949: 25
  • 1939 or earlier: 80

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Penfield township, Ohio:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 0
  • 5 rooms: 73
  • 6 rooms: 122
  • 7 rooms: 117
  • 8 rooms: 119
  • 9 or more rooms: 99

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Penfield township, Ohio:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 0
  • 5 rooms: 0
  • 6 rooms: 7
  • 7 rooms: 10
  • 8 rooms: 0
  • 9 or more rooms: 9

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Penfield township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 26
  • 3 bedrooms: 303
  • 4 bedrooms: 144
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 57

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Penfield township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 0
  • 3 bedrooms: 26
  • 4 bedrooms: 0
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Penfield township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 79
  • 2 vehicles: 231
  • 3 vehicles: 147
  • 4 vehicles: 54
  • 5 or more vehicles: 19

Cars and other vehicles available in Penfield township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 16
  • 2 vehicles: 10
  • 3 vehicles: 0
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Metal and metal products (14%)
  • Construction (13%)
  • Transportation equipment (7%)
  • Machinery (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (9%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Personal and laundry services (6%)
  • Public administration (6%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
  • Operations specialties managers except financial managers (6%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Carpenters (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
  • Accountants and auditors (6%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Customer service representatives (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Penfield township:

  • German (32.4%)
  • Irish (12.8%)
  • English (12.1%)
  • United States or American (7.1%)
  • Polish (5.7%)
  • Italian (5.6%)
  • European (3.0%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Venezuela (100%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (38%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
  • Electricity (18%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
  • Wood (3%)

92.1% of residents of Penfield township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
6.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,643

Size of family households: 174 2-persons, 126 3-persons, 106 4-persons, 36 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 92 1-person,

383 married couples with children.
48 single-parent households (19 men, 29 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%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Penfield township:

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