Perry township, Muskingum County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 25.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 2,420 (15% urban, 85% rural)
| Males: 1,169 |  (48.3%) |
| Females: 1,251 |  (51.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 2,420 (2,155 owner occupied, 265 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 11% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Perry township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.9%
- Black: 0.7%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
- Some other race: 0.0%
Median age of males: 37.7
Median age of females: 37.8
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Average household size: 2.79
| Perry township: | 2.8 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.10
| Perry township: | $39,212 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $471 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $96,800 (it was $81,400 in 2000)
| : | $96,800 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
| Population density: 95 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 8.6% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Perry township: Perry Township Fire Department (A), National Road Museum (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Saint Pauls Cemetery (1), Carr Cemetery (2), Bowers Cemetery (3), Bunting Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Frog Run (A), Georges Run (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
61% of Perry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1953
- Northeast: 39
- Midwest: 19
- South: 144
- West: 63
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 729
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 134
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,800
Housing units in Perry township with a mortgage: 299 (18 second mortgage, 42 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 189
- Construction (15%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (16%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Waiters and waitresses (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Perry township:
- German (29.6%)
- United States or American (23.0%)
- English (16.6%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- Polish (2.3%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
- European (2.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 837 (84%)
- Carpooled: 94 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 53 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (48%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Other fuel (4%)
- Wood (3%)
99.6% of residents of Perry township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,228- In family households: 1,916 (541 male householders, 81 female householders)
545 spouses, 629 children (549 natural, 27 adopted, 53 stepchildren), 37 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 41 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 312 (83 male householders (60 living alone)), 159 female householders (141 living alone)), 70 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 288 2-persons, 70 3-persons, 194 4-persons, 57 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 201 1-person, 34 2-persons, 7 4-persons,
513 married couples with children.
110 single-parent households (38 men, 72 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 57
| Here: | 18.6% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 7.6% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |