Jefferson township, Mercer County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Jefferson township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
55% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10979
- Northeast: 203
- Midwest: 1085
- South: 599
- West: 219
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $67,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Jefferson township, Ohio:
- 137 people in nursing homes
- 36 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in other group homes
- 5 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,079
- One, attached: 99
- Two: 422
- 3 or 4: 266
- 5 to 9: 262
- 10 to 19: 72
- 20 to 49: 52
- 50 or more: 47
- Mobile homes: 439
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 2,085 (220 second mortgage, 339 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,212
- Machinery (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Food (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- German (58.1%)
- United States or American (11.2%)
- Irish (7.1%)
- English (5.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
- Italian (1.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (15%)
- India (13%)
- Germany (10%)
- Mexico (10%)
- Other Eastern Europe (9%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Bolivia (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,411 (86%)
- Carpooled: 650 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 91 (1%)
- Other means: 24 (0%)
- Worked at home: 137 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Jefferson township, Ohio:
- 137 people in nursing homes
- 36 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in other group homes
- 5 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 2 people in religious group quarters
97.4% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,140- In family households: 11,245 (2,978 male householders, 701 female householders)
2,929 spouses, 4,224 children (3,758 natural, 114 adopted, 352 stepchildren), 143 grandchildren, 40 brothers or sisters, 25 parents, 57 other relatives, 148 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,895 (640 male householders (522 living alone)), 1,025 female householders (966 living alone)), 230 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 188 (153 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,589 2-persons, 860 3-persons, 720 4-persons, 344 5-persons, 108 6-persons, 58 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,488 1-person, 144 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
2,469 married couples with children.
846 single-parent households (189 men, 657 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 210
| Here: | 12.3% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 1.8% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 55
| Here: | 13.8% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |