Ruggles township, Ashland County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 25.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 857 (all rural)
| Males: 460 |  (53.7%) |
| Females: 397 |  (46.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 857 (782 owner occupied, 75 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 9% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Ruggles township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.8%
Median age of males: 39.6
Median age of females: 41.2
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Average household size: 2.69
| Ruggles township: | 2.7 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.00
| Ruggles township: | $47,562 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $514 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $118,553 (it was $97,800 in 2000)
| : | $118,553 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
| Population density: 33 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 10.6% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Galloway Farms (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Ruggles Township Cemetery (1), German Lutheran Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Rohrs Lake (A), Marks Lake (B), Uke Ranch Pond (C), Crall Pond (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Buck Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
65% of Ruggles township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 680
- Northeast: 51
- Midwest: 32
- South: 106
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 322
- Mobile homes: 36
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $177,900
Housing units in Ruggles township with a mortgage: 139 (12 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 53
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (14%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Cashiers (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ruggles township:
- German (31.3%)
- English (16.4%)
- Irish (13.4%)
- United States or American (9.4%)
- Italian (4.2%)
- Lebanese (3.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 302 (77%)
- Carpooled: 48 (12%)
- Walked: 21 (5%)
- Other means: 8 (2%)
- Worked at home: 15 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Wood (7%)
- Other fuel (4%)
- Utility gas (4%)
99.4% of residents of Ruggles township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 886- In family households: 812 (232 male householders, 27 female householders)
222 spouses, 285 children (253 natural, 16 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 0 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 74 (54 male householders (45 living alone)), 13 female householders (13 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 85 2-persons, 78 3-persons, 68 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 58 1-person, 9 2-persons,
169 married couples with children.
28 single-parent households (21 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
| Here: | 20.8% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 12.2% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 24
| Here: | 53.3% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |