Amherst township, Lorain County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (76% naturalized citizens)
| Amherst township: | 2.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
69% of Amherst township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5650
- Northeast: 535
- Midwest: 235
- South: 837
- West: 69
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $115,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
73 people in nursing homes
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,176
- One, attached: 25
- Two: 43
- 3 or 4: 70
- 5 to 9: 2
- 10 to 19: 5
- 20 to 49: 14
- Mobile homes: 638
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,200
Housing units in Amherst township with a mortgage: 1,296 (126 second mortgage, 262 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 600
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Construction (10%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Amherst township:
- German (20.4%)
- English (10.8%)
- Irish (10.4%)
- Italian (8.9%)
- Polish (8.1%)
- Hungarian (6.4%)
- United States or American (5.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (19%)
- Canada (18%)
- Korea (12%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Philippines (7%)
- Iran (6%)
- Yugoslavia (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,293 (91%)
- Carpooled: 211 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 26 (1%)
- Walked: 6 (0%)
- Other means: 42 (1%)
- Worked at home: 59 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
73 people in nursing homes
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.0% of residents of Amherst township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,513- In family households: 6,685 (1,796 male householders, 340 female householders)
1,826 spouses, 2,429 children (2,256 natural, 69 adopted, 104 stepchildren), 86 grandchildren, 44 brothers or sisters, 25 parents, 76 other relatives, 63 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 828 (419 male householders (360 living alone)), 305 female householders (273 living alone)), 104 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 76 (68 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 883 2-persons, 499 3-persons, 493 4-persons, 187 5-persons, 62 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 633 1-person, 83 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
1,558 married couples with children.
336 single-parent households (74 men, 262 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 99
| Here: | 10.7% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 1.7% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 53
| Here: | 17.8% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |