Brown township, Paulding County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 37.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.5 sq. mi.
Population: 2,244 (all rural)
| Males: 1,113 |  (49.6%) |
| Females: 1,131 |  (50.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 2,244 (1,850 owner occupied, 394 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 18% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Brown township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.8%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.0%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 36.6
Median age of females: 37.5
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Average household size: 2.61
| Brown township: | 2.6 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.05
| Brown township: | $44,650 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $429 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $89,619 (it was $72,500 in 2000)
| : | $89,619 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
| Population density: 60 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 4.9% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Cities in this township include: Melrose.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Brown township: Pear Meadows Farm (A), Clay Bank Farm (B), Apple Creek Farm (C), Cherry Grove Farm (D), Indian Hollow Farm (E), Andrews Farms (F), Cooper Farms Hatchery (G), Dwight Ordway Orchards (H), Germann Swine Farm (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Brown township include: Centenary Church (A), Prairie Chapel (B), Saint Johns Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Sherman Cemetery (1), Blakeslee Cemetery (2), Kingery Cemetery (3), Oak Grove Cemetery (4), Oakwood Cemetery (5), Prairie Chapel Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Burt Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Rivers and creeks: Blue Creek (A), Little Auglaize River (B), Prairie Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Brown township: Charloe Community Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map
70% of Brown township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 32% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 453
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 403
- South: 19
- West: 25
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 359
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Brown township with a mortgage: 123 (7 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 58
- Metal and metal products (16%)
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Construction (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Brown township:
- German (42.7%)
- United States or American (14.7%)
- English (8.6%)
- Irish (5.7%)
- Belgian (5.5%)
- Italian (2.1%)
- Dutch (2.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 350 (73%)
- Carpooled: 85 (18%)
- Walked: 8 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 29 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (64%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (5%)
95.3% of residents of Brown township speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 904- In family households: 821 (227 male householders, 35 female householders)
256 spouses, 230 children (217 natural, 7 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 15 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 83 (42 male householders (29 living alone)), 30 female householders (30 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 115 2-persons, 79 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 59 1-person, 13 2-persons,
412 married couples with children.
109 single-parent households (41 men, 68 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |