Jackson township, Sandusky County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 36.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,609 (all rural)
| Males: 817 |  (50.8%) |
| Females: 792 |  (49.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,605 (1,450 owner occupied, 155 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 10% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Jackson township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 94.0%
- Black: 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino: 4.4%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 38.2
Median age of females: 38.4
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Average household size: 2.79
| Jackson township: | 2.8 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.09
| Jackson township: | $45,397 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $480 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $107,193 (it was $88,900 in 2000)
| : | $107,193 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
| Population density: 45 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 3.5% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Cities in this township include: Helena, Burgoon.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Jackson township: Saint Marys Catholic Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Shawl Cemetery (1), Smith Cemetery (2), Ludwig Cemetery (3), Hite Cemetery (4), Saint Marys Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
65% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1350
- Northeast: 22
- Midwest: 148
- South: 33
- West: 26
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 418
- Two: 39
- 3 or 4: 46
- Mobile homes: 31
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 171 (20 second mortgage, 37 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 68
- Construction (12%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (14%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Postsecondary teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (36.0%)
- Pennsylvania German (20.7%)
- United States or American (17.8%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- Swiss (3.6%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
- English (2.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 525 (70%)
- Carpooled: 130 (17%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (1%)
- Bicycle: 31 (4%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 53 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Utility gas (34%)
- Wood (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
62.6% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
37.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,586- In family households: 1,516 (364 male householders, 58 female householders)
390 spouses, 658 children (624 natural, 22 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 17 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 70 (37 male householders (37 living alone)), 19 female householders (13 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 153 2-persons, 94 3-persons, 78 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 35 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 50 1-person, 6 3-persons,
367 married couples with children.
48 single-parent households (14 men, 34 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 72
| Here: | 32.3% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 10.9% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |