Porter township, Scioto County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Porter township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
58% of Porter township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7825
- Northeast: 143
- Midwest: 166
- South: 1557
- West: 54
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $86,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
254 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,115
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 40
- 3 or 4: 172
- 5 to 9: 165
- 10 to 19: 72
- 20 to 49: 82
- 50 or more: 66
- Mobile homes: 410
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,000
Housing units in Porter township with a mortgage: 1,296 (118 second mortgage, 165 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,018
- Construction (13%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (28%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Porter township:
- German (25.3%)
- United States or American (25.0%)
- Irish (13.3%)
- English (11.0%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
- Italian (2.3%)
- Welsh (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,418 (88%)
- Carpooled: 315 (8%)
- Walked: 34 (1%)
- Other means: 26 (1%)
- Worked at home: 80 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (51%)
- Electricity (36%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (1%)
254 people in nursing homes
98.3% of residents of Porter township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (95% speak English very well, 5% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,529- In family households: 8,402 (2,132 male householders, 626 female householders)
2,219 spouses, 2,973 children (2,592 natural, 84 adopted, 297 stepchildren), 150 grandchildren, 56 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 95 other relatives, 127 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,127 (388 male householders (302 living alone)), 623 female householders (586 living alone)), 116 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 252 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,244 2-persons, 645 3-persons, 565 4-persons, 233 5-persons, 50 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 888 1-person, 106 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 4 4-persons,
1,675 married couples with children.
527 single-parent households (100 men, 427 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 34
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 39
| Here: | 11.3% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |