Spencer township, Allen County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Spencer township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
63% of Spencer 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, 66% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2671
- Northeast: 46
- Midwest: 136
- South: 144
- West: 51
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $47,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
92 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 998
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 87
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 21
- Mobile homes: 87
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Spencer township with a mortgage: 444 (50 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 324
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Construction (11%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Health care (24%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Spencer township:
- German (54.6%)
- United States or American (15.0%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- English (5.4%)
- Dutch (2.7%)
- Italian (1.8%)
- French (except Basque) (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (45%)
- Canada (30%)
- Germany (15%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,151 (85%)
- Carpooled: 94 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 65 (5%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 21 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (1%)
92 people in nursing homes
97.7% of residents of Spencer township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (35% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% speak English very well, 57% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,977- In family households: 2,617 (684 male householders, 177 female householders)
682 spouses, 939 children (857 natural, 20 adopted, 62 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 32 other relatives, 52 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 360 (123 male householders (98 living alone)), 172 female householders (154 living alone)), 65 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 94 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 400 2-persons, 175 3-persons, 176 4-persons, 79 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 252 1-person, 20 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
615 married couples with children.
215 single-parent households (57 men, 158 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 49
| Here: | 11.8% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 4.9% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 9.4% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |