Pleasant township, Van Wert County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Pleasant township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
60% of Pleasant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8725
- Northeast: 259
- Midwest: 1496
- South: 621
- West: 105
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $60,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Pleasant township, Ohio:
- 233 people in nursing homes
- 62 people in state prisons
- 10 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,846
- One, attached: 76
- Two: 238
- 3 or 4: 196
- 5 to 9: 107
- 10 to 19: 86
- 20 to 49: 123
- 50 or more: 52
- Mobile homes: 253
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Pleasant township with a mortgage: 1,955 (279 second mortgage, 264 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,129
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (9%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (11%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pleasant township:
- German (41.3%)
- United States or American (16.7%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- English (8.0%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Welsh (2.7%)
- Scottish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Iran (26%)
- Argentina (21%)
- Germany (19%)
- Portugal (18%)
- Mexico (16%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,563 (83%)
- Carpooled: 639 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 18 (0%)
- Walked: 140 (3%)
- Other means: 25 (0%)
- Worked at home: 104 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Pleasant township, Ohio:
- 233 people in nursing homes
- 62 people in state prisons
- 10 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.4% of residents of Pleasant township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,986- In family households: 9,295 (2,419 male householders, 697 female householders)
2,467 spouses, 3,233 children (2,887 natural, 71 adopted, 275 stepchildren), 58 grandchildren, 43 brothers or sisters, 74 parents, 98 other relatives, 206 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,691 (581 male householders (486 living alone)), 904 female householders (815 living alone)), 206 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 310 (295 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,465 2-persons, 721 3-persons, 567 4-persons, 277 5-persons, 67 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,301 1-person, 154 2-persons, 30 3-persons,
1,854 married couples with children.
630 single-parent households (152 men, 478 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 0.4% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 1.2% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 102
| Here: | 34.0% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |