Goshen township, Belmont County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (68% naturalized citizens)
Goshen township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 3.0% |
66% of Goshen township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1894
- Northeast: 66
- Midwest: 47
- South: 1106
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $14,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,033
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 29
- 3 or 4: 33
- 5 to 9: 28
- 10 to 19: 17
- 20 to 49: 14
- 50 or more: 8
- Mobile homes: 219
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,900
Housing units in Goshen township with a mortgage: 385 (39 second mortgage, 50 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 287
- Construction (13%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Goshen township:
- German (24.4%)
- United States or American (17.8%)
- Irish (16.0%)
- English (11.2%)
- Polish (5.1%)
- Italian (4.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (68%)
- Mexico (11%)
- Venezuela (11%)
- Canada (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,230 (86%)
- Carpooled: 116 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 24 (2%)
- Other means: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 34 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (48%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood (2%)
97.8% of residents of Goshen township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,171- In family households: 2,787 (738 male householders, 192 female householders)
760 spouses, 964 children (817 natural, 17 adopted, 130 stepchildren), 46 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 11 other relatives, 55 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 384 (145 male householders (114 living alone)), 186 female householders (176 living alone)), 53 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 390 2-persons, 253 3-persons, 190 4-persons, 54 5-persons, 40 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 290 1-person, 35 2-persons, 5 4-persons, 1 5-persons,
611 married couples with children.
193 single-parent households (50 men, 143 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
Here: | 4.2% |
Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 1.0% |
Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
Here: | 12.7% |
Ohio: | 23.4% |