Athens township, Athens County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (17% naturalized citizens)
| Athens township: | 5.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
28% of Athens township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 18% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 18627
- Northeast: 2132
- Midwest: 1879
- South: 2379
- West: 790
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $96,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Athens township, Ohio:
- 7,094 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 214 people in nursing homes
- 41 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 36 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 27 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 25 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,485
- One, attached: 226
- Two: 725
- 3 or 4: 782
- 5 to 9: 776
- 10 to 19: 625
- 20 to 49: 595
- 50 or more: 572
- Mobile homes: 773
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,100
Housing units in Athens township with a mortgage: 1,808 (147 second mortgage, 263 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,037
- Educational services (43%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Construction (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Public administration (2%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (2%)
- Educational services (46%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Health care (8%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (17%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (4%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Athens township:
- German (23.4%)
- Irish (13.1%)
- English (9.8%)
- Italian (7.9%)
- United States or American (5.5%)
- Polish (4.1%)
- Scottish (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (16%)
- Other Western Asia (12%)
- India (8%)
- Korea (8%)
- Japan (7%)
- Canada (6%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,275 (56%)
- Carpooled: 753 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 56 (1%)
- Taxi: 31 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 13 (0%)
- Bicycle: 233 (2%)
- Walked: 3,371 (30%)
- Other means: 14 (0%)
- Worked at home: 415 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (60%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Athens township, Ohio:
- 7,094 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 214 people in nursing homes
- 41 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 36 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 27 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 25 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
91.3% of residents of Athens township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (61% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 20,113- In family households: 10,136 (2,618 male householders, 910 female householders)
2,860 spouses, 3,271 children (3,000 natural, 125 adopted, 146 stepchildren), 83 grandchildren, 70 brothers or sisters, 33 parents, 85 other relatives, 206 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 9,977 (2,415 male householders (1,226 living alone)), 2,881 female householders (1,666 living alone)), 4,681 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 7,440 (292 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,804 2-persons, 842 3-persons, 584 4-persons, 217 5-persons, 64 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,892 1-person, 1,099 2-persons, 640 3-persons, 451 4-persons, 124 5-persons, 65 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
2,015 married couples with children.
747 single-parent households (162 men, 585 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 48
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
| Here: | 2.6% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 302
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |