Turtle Creek township, Shelby County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 30.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,583 (all rural)
| Males: 816 |  (51.5%) |
| Females: 767 |  (48.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,583 (1,399 owner occupied, 184 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 12% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Turtle Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.6%
- Black: 0.4%
- Asian: 0.5%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
Median age of males: 34.1
Median age of females: 33.6
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Average household size: 3.05
| Turtle Creek township: | 3.0 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.28
| Turtle Creek township: | $52,682 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $529 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $119,815 (it was $97,900 in 2000)
| : | $119,815 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
| Population density: 52 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Hardin Station (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Turtle Creek township include: New Hope Church (A), Saint Patricks Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Brookside Cemetery (1), Carey Cemetery (2), Coldes Chapel Cemetery (3), Cuba Cemetery (4), Saint Patrick Cemetery (5), New Hope Cemetery (6), McClure Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: East Turtle Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
70% of Turtle Creek 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, 50% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1299
- Northeast: 44
- Midwest: 62
- South: 105
- West: 28
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 514
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $75,000
Housing units in Turtle Creek township with a mortgage: 218 (43 second mortgage, 49 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 128
- Machinery (23%)
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Construction (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Machinery (16%)
- Health care (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (19%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Turtle Creek township:
- German (64.5%)
- United States or American (12.7%)
- English (7.7%)
- Irish (5.0%)
- French (except Basque) (3.8%)
- Dutch (2.0%)
- Italian (0.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 720 (91%)
- Carpooled: 33 (4%)
- Worked at home: 36 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (50%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Utility gas (11%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
94.5% of residents of Turtle Creek township speak English at home.
4.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,538- In family households: 1,392 (385 male householders, 40 female householders)
385 spouses, 562 children (529 natural, 3 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 146 (82 male householders (65 living alone)), 26 female householders (26 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 165 2-persons, 64 3-persons, 101 4-persons, 56 5-persons, 39 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 91 1-person, 3 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
391 married couples with children.
57 single-parent households (26 men, 31 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 11.8% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |