Marion township, Allen County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (22% naturalized citizens)
Marion township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 3.0% |
68% of Marion township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6125
- Northeast: 69
- Midwest: 180
- South: 286
- West: 54
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $74,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
94 people in nursing homes
6 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,220
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 119
- 3 or 4: 51
- 5 to 9: 39
- 10 to 19: 74
- 20 to 49: 34
- 50 or more: 32
- Mobile homes: 114
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Marion township with a mortgage: 1,070 (54 second mortgage, 194 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 682
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Construction (9%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Health care (25%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marion township:
- German (65.8%)
- United States or American (12.0%)
- Irish (5.2%)
- English (2.7%)
- Welsh (1.4%)
- Italian (1.3%)
- Scottish (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (46%)
- Russia (14%)
- Germany (12%)
- Taiwan (10%)
- Japan (10%)
- Guatemala (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,888 (90%)
- Carpooled: 199 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 36 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 80 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
94 people in nursing homes
6 people in religious group quarters
97.6% of residents of Marion township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (18% speak English well, 82% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,660- In family households: 5,917 (1,596 male householders, 284 female householders)
1,558 spouses, 2,311 children (2,116 natural, 92 adopted, 103 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 29 parents, 31 other relatives, 67 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 743 (253 male householders (219 living alone)), 415 female householders (387 living alone)), 75 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 121 (115 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 750 2-persons, 430 3-persons, 401 4-persons, 211 5-persons, 66 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 606 1-person, 56 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
1,485 married couples with children.
295 single-parent households (96 men, 199 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 450
Here: | 52.4% |
Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 182
Here: | 35.8% |
Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 79
Here: | 27.1% |
Ohio: | 23.4% |