Island Creek township, Jefferson County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (29% naturalized citizens)
| Island Creek township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
69% of Island Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8790
- Northeast: 1039
- Midwest: 525
- South: 1312
- West: 218
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
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 Island Creek township, Ohio:
- 911 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 85 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 34 people in nursing homes
- 28 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,685
- One, attached: 135
- Two: 92
- 3 or 4: 46
- 5 to 9: 80
- 10 to 19: 92
- 20 to 49: 20
- 50 or more: 31
- Mobile homes: 603
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,000
Housing units in Island Creek township with a mortgage: 1,638 (135 second mortgage, 195 home equity loan, 22 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,383
- Metal and metal products (22%)
- Construction (10%)
- Health care (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Island Creek township:
- German (17.2%)
- Irish (15.1%)
- Italian (14.2%)
- United States or American (11.9%)
- Polish (7.4%)
- English (7.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (23%)
- France (20%)
- Thailand (16%)
- Cambodia (12%)
- Philippines (11%)
- Peru (8%)
- Spain (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,973 (82%)
- Carpooled: 293 (6%)
- Bicycle: 27 (1%)
- Walked: 445 (9%)
- Other means: 12 (0%)
- Worked at home: 120 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (45%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
People in group quarters in Island Creek township, Ohio:
- 911 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 85 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 34 people in nursing homes
- 28 people in religious group quarters
96.7% of residents of Island Creek township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,949- In family households: 9,667 (2,675 male householders, 635 female householders)
2,705 spouses, 3,114 children (2,749 natural, 84 adopted, 281 stepchildren), 190 grandchildren, 41 brothers or sisters, 53 parents, 79 other relatives, 175 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,282 (474 male householders (421 living alone)), 709 female householders (672 living alone)), 99 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,082 (121 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,580 2-persons, 771 3-persons, 647 4-persons, 205 5-persons, 63 6-persons, 44 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,093 1-person, 90 2-persons,
1,721 married couples with children.
490 single-parent households (104 men, 386 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 184
| Here: | 15.2% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 37
| Here: | 6.6% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 942
| Here: | 71.5% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |