Upper township, Lawrence County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (35% naturalized citizens)
| Upper township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
64% of Upper township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 32% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10974
- Northeast: 78
- Midwest: 296
- South: 4109
- West: 89
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $44,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Upper township, Ohio:
- 302 people in nursing homes
- 25 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 22 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 22 people in other group homes
- 9 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,461
- One, attached: 141
- Two: 449
- 3 or 4: 284
- 5 to 9: 160
- 10 to 19: 70
- 20 to 49: 65
- 50 or more: 230
- Mobile homes: 409
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,200
Housing units in Upper township with a mortgage: 1,739 (131 second mortgage, 151 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,103
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Health care (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (28%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Upper township:
- United States or American (34.8%)
- German (17.4%)
- English (13.8%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- French (except Basque) (1.6%)
- Welsh (1.4%)
- Scottish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (32%)
- Japan (20%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Dominican Republic (8%)
- France (6%)
- Hungary (6%)
- Canada (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,438 (85%)
- Carpooled: 403 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 37 (1%)
- Taxi: 21 (0%)
- Bicycle: 23 (0%)
- Walked: 183 (4%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 93 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Upper township, Ohio:
- 302 people in nursing homes
- 25 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 22 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 22 people in other group homes
- 9 people in homes for the mentally ill
98.0% of residents of Upper township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (95% speak English very well, 5% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 15,284- In family households: 12,673 (3,107 male householders, 1,153 female householders)
3,130 spouses, 4,324 children (3,957 natural, 57 adopted, 310 stepchildren), 336 grandchildren, 74 brothers or sisters, 103 parents, 201 other relatives, 245 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,611 (874 male householders (745 living alone)), 1,420 female householders (1,324 living alone)), 317 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 385 (318 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,939 2-persons, 1,114 3-persons, 749 4-persons, 314 5-persons, 113 6-persons, 31 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,069 1-person, 185 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 1 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
2,102 married couples with children.
1,045 single-parent households (216 men, 829 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 109
| Here: | 6.2% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 39
| Here: | 4.6% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 65
| Here: | 10.3% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |