Salem township, Muskingum County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 25.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 830 (all rural)
Males: 441 | (53.1%) |
Females: 389 | (46.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 830 (700 owner occupied, 130 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 16% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Salem township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.4%
- Black: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
Median age of males: 33.3
Median age of females: 34.1
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Average household size: 2.87
Salem township: | 2.9 people |
Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.24
Salem township: | $39,212 |
Ohio: | $48,081 |
Here: | $471 |
State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $96,800 (it was $81,400 in 2000)
: | $96,800 |
Ohio: | $127,000 |
Population density: 33 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 6.4% |
Whole state: | 10.6% |
This township: | 1.3% |
Whole state: | 4.8% |
Cities in this township include: Adamsville.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Adamsville Fire Department (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Salem township include: New Hope Lutheran Church (A), Salem Methodist Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Adamsville Baptist Cemetery (1), New Hope Lutheran Cemetery (2), Salem Cemetery (3), Vernon Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Prairie Fork (A). Display/hide its location on the map
74% of Salem township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 82% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1054
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 8
- South: 19
- West: 1
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 292
- 3 or 4: 1
- Mobile homes: 66
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Salem township with a mortgage: 91 (6 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 57
- Construction (23%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Wood products (10%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Food (5%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (4%)
- Wood products (27%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Construction (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Woodworkers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Business operations specialists (11%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Salem township:
- United States or American (40.3%)
- German (21.9%)
- English (18.1%)
- Irish (7.3%)
- Scottish (5.5%)
- French (except Basque) (1.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 418 (83%)
- Carpooled: 47 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (2%)
- Walked: 10 (2%)
- Worked at home: 22 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Wood (6%)
- Other fuel (5%)
99.3% of residents of Salem township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (29% speak English very well, 71% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,088- In family households: 1,001 (219 male householders, 52 female householders)
246 spouses, 401 children (318 natural, 35 adopted, 48 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 15 other relatives, 38 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 87 (38 male householders (13 living alone)), 28 female householders (28 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 67 2-persons, 47 3-persons, 105 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 41 1-person, 25 2-persons,
199 married couples with children.
35 single-parent households (14 men, 21 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 29
Here: | 20.6% |
Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 2.2% |
Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 24
Here: | 66.7% |
Ohio: | 23.4% |