Buck township, Hardin County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 30.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 2,441 (59% urban, 41% rural)
| Males: 1,206 |  (49.4%) |
| Females: 1,235 |  (50.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 2,428 (1,758 owner occupied, 670 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 28% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Buck township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.6%
- Black: 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 36.8
Median age of females: 37.9
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Average household size: 2.57
| Buck township: | 2.6 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.07
| Buck township: | $41,084 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $448 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $92,823 (it was $73,500 in 2000)
| : | $92,823 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
| Population density: 80 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 9.5% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 4.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Buck township: Hardin County Fairgrounds (A), Kings Corners (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Buck township include: West Creek Church (A), Wolf Creek Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Lynn Grove Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Jordan Run (A), Batchlet Run (B), Manlove Run (C), Silver Creek (D), Taylor Creek (E), Payden Run (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
63% of Buck township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 84% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2173
- Northeast: 25
- Midwest: 57
- South: 131
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
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
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 825
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 53
- 5 to 9: 19
- 10 to 19: 30
- 20 to 49: 7
- 50 or more: 5
- Mobile homes: 80
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Buck township with a mortgage: 338 (51 second mortgage, 34 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 188
- Transportation equipment (19%)
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Paper (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Transportation equipment (16%)
- Health care (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (17%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buck township:
- German (34.0%)
- United States or American (25.4%)
- English (11.5%)
- Irish (5.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
- European (0.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 854 (81%)
- Carpooled: 104 (10%)
- Walked: 24 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 66 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.0% of residents of Buck township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,387- In family households: 2,098 (546 male householders, 137 female householders)
543 spouses, 730 children (628 natural, 31 adopted, 71 stepchildren), 44 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 21 other relatives, 50 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 289 (133 male householders (94 living alone)), 109 female householders (105 living alone)), 47 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 14 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 291 2-persons, 184 3-persons, 132 4-persons, 52 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 199 1-person, 38 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
401 married couples with children.
161 single-parent households (31 men, 130 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 24
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 5.3% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 35.0% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |