Porter township, Delaware County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (81% naturalized citizens)
| Porter township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
77% of Porter township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1365
- Northeast: 36
- Midwest: 38
- South: 132
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
37 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 567
- Mobile homes: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Porter township with a mortgage: 262 (19 second mortgage, 39 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 92
- Construction (11%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Porter township:
- German (33.9%)
- United States or American (16.3%)
- English (8.5%)
- Italian (7.6%)
- Irish (6.0%)
- Welsh (4.5%)
- Polish (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (67%)
- Canada (19%)
- Netherlands (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 714 (79%)
- Carpooled: 148 (16%)
- Walked: 23 (3%)
- Worked at home: 24 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (33%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Wood (6%)
- Other fuel (1%)
37 people in nursing homes
96.3% of residents of Porter township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,577- In family households: 1,470 (404 male householders, 86 female householders)
428 spouses, 458 children (403 natural, 8 adopted, 47 stepchildren), 42 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 18 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 107 (47 male householders (47 living alone)), 50 female householders (44 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 36 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 236 2-persons, 108 3-persons, 102 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 34 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 91 1-person, 6 2-persons,
388 married couples with children.
27 single-parent households (14 men, 13 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |