Perry township, Licking County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 25.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,492 (all rural)
| Males: 761 |  (51.0%) |
| Females: 731 |  (49.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,492 (1,293 owner occupied, 199 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Perry township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.3%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.9%
Median age of males: 35.6
Median age of females: 36.9
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Average household size: 2.84
| Perry township: | 2.8 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.16
| Perry township: | $54,875 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $565 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $146,100 (it was $110,700 in 2000)
| : | $146,100 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $172,010
Here: $172,010 State: $161,442
Townhouses or other attached units: $161,153
Here: $161,153 State: $159,986
In 2-unit structures: $119,672
Here: $119,672 State: $104,134
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $110,067
Here: $110,067 State: $110,889
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $130,837
Here: $130,837 State: $159,965
Mobile homes: $24,423
Here: $24,423 State: $36,578
| Population density: 60 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 9.7% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Perry township include: Perryton United Methodist Church (A), Perryton Church of Christ (B), Smith Chapel (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Smith Chapel Cemetery (1), Perryton Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Priest Run (A). Display/hide its location on the map
69% of Perry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1176
- Northeast: 25
- Midwest: 54
- South: 140
- West: 22
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 429
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 105
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,700
Housing units in Perry township with a mortgage: 156 (23 second mortgage, 35 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 86
- Nonmetallic mineral products (14%)
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Wood products (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (18%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Woodworkers (8%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Registered nurses (14%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Perry township:
- German (32.6%)
- United States or American (19.6%)
- English (13.5%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- Italian (8.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.0%)
- Dutch (2.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 560 (89%)
- Carpooled: 54 (9%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 7 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (36%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (6%)
- Other fuel (2%)
97.9% of residents of Perry township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 41% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,417- In family households: 1,308 (342 male householders, 72 female householders)
374 spouses, 457 children (407 natural, 0 adopted, 50 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 0 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 109 (51 male householders (48 living alone)), 54 female householders (54 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 139 2-persons, 113 3-persons, 107 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 102 1-person, 3 2-persons,
301 married couples with children.
73 single-parent households (22 men, 51 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 8.8% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 30.4% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |