Howard township, Knox County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
Howard township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 3.0% |
58% of Howard township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3436
- Northeast: 206
- Midwest: 227
- South: 291
- West: 44
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $46,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,069
- Two: 40
- Mobile homes: 15
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,100
Housing units in Howard township with a mortgage: 1,044 (96 second mortgage, 150 home equity loan, 15 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 353
- Educational services (10%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Health care (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Howard township:
- German (32.3%)
- United States or American (17.6%)
- Irish (12.0%)
- English (11.7%)
- Italian (3.2%)
- Hungarian (3.0%)
- Swiss (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (29%)
- United Kingdom (21%)
- Philippines (21%)
- Hungary (18%)
- Other Eastern Europe (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,916 (87%)
- Carpooled: 162 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 14 (1%)
- Taxi: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 19 (1%)
- Worked at home: 82 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Utility gas (31%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.5% of residents of Howard township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,286- In family households: 3,906 (1,153 male householders, 170 female householders)
1,215 spouses, 1,128 children (1,025 natural, 14 adopted, 89 stepchildren), 41 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 59 other relatives, 102 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 380 (179 male householders (154 living alone)), 158 female householders (149 living alone)), 43 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 688 2-persons, 245 3-persons, 263 4-persons, 65 5-persons, 43 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 303 1-person, 22 2-persons, 12 3-persons,
821 married couples with children.
152 single-parent households (54 men, 98 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
Here: | 4.7% |
Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
Here: | 6.1% |
Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 39
Here: | 31.0% |
Ohio: | 23.4% |