Portage township, Wood County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
Portage township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 3.0% |
71% of Portage township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1358
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 91
- South: 71
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $33,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 521
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 24
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 49
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 1
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,000
Housing units in Portage township with a mortgage: 257 (18 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 68
- Construction (11%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (16%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Cashiers (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Portage township:
- German (32.7%)
- United States or American (23.4%)
- English (9.1%)
- Irish (6.6%)
- Italian (2.2%)
- Scottish (2.2%)
- French (except Basque) (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Cambodia (38%)
- United Kingdom (31%)
- Russia (15%)
- Mexico (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 630 (88%)
- Carpooled: 71 (10%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 16 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
95.0% of residents of Portage township speak English at home.
3.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,555- In family households: 1,368 (345 male householders, 71 female householders)
365 spouses, 513 children (480 natural, 7 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 12 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 187 (83 male householders (67 living alone)), 75 female householders (67 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 161 2-persons, 103 3-persons, 80 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 23 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 134 1-person, 22 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
336 married couples with children.
35 single-parent households (20 men, 15 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
Here: | 9.4% |
Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 1.6% |
Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 5.0% |
Ohio: | 23.4% |