Canaan township, Wayne County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (54% naturalized citizens)
Canaan township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 3.0% |
65% of Canaan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3754
- Northeast: 137
- Midwest: 113
- South: 567
- West: 69
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
63 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,385
- One, attached: 29
- Two: 89
- 3 or 4: 25
- 5 to 9: 20
- 10 to 19: 12
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 243
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,300
Housing units in Canaan township with a mortgage: 752 (116 second mortgage, 116 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 329
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Food (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Canaan township:
- German (29.7%)
- United States or American (14.7%)
- English (10.4%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- Italian (5.2%)
- Swiss (3.8%)
- European (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (22%)
- Korea (20%)
- Cuba (20%)
- Hungary (12%)
- Germany (10%)
- India (10%)
- Russia (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,941 (86%)
- Carpooled: 174 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 49 (2%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 73 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Other fuel (4%)
- Wood (3%)
63 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.9% of residents of Canaan township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,632- In family households: 4,161 (1,226 male householders, 148 female householders)
1,197 spouses, 1,351 children (1,288 natural, 26 adopted, 37 stepchildren), 61 grandchildren, 22 brothers or sisters, 43 parents, 41 other relatives, 72 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 471 (215 male householders (168 living alone)), 165 female householders (152 living alone)), 91 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 63 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 579 2-persons, 319 3-persons, 295 4-persons, 141 5-persons, 40 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 320 1-person, 51 2-persons, 1 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 3 5-persons,
980 married couples with children.
143 single-parent households (47 men, 96 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 52
Here: | 9.0% |
Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
Here: | 4.3% |
Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 8.8% |
Ohio: | 23.4% |