Columbia township, Lorain County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Columbia township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
69% of Columbia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5488
- Northeast: 270
- Midwest: 373
- South: 467
- West: 95
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $375,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
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 Columbia township, Ohio:
- 54 people in nursing homes
- 13 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,325
- One, attached: 36
- Two: 60
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 14
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $112,500
Housing units in Columbia township with a mortgage: 1,419 (117 second mortgage, 340 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 498
- Construction (16%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Columbia township:
- German (27.2%)
- Irish (12.8%)
- Italian (10.5%)
- Polish (8.7%)
- English (8.5%)
- United States or American (5.3%)
- Slovak (4.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (28%)
- Austria (15%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Hungary (11%)
- Italy (5%)
- Philippines (5%)
- Taiwan (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,233 (89%)
- Carpooled: 212 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 33 (1%)
- Walked: 53 (1%)
- Other means: 19 (1%)
- Worked at home: 82 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Columbia township, Ohio:
- 54 people in nursing homes
- 13 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.6% of residents of Columbia township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,837- In family households: 6,329 (1,680 male householders, 286 female householders)
1,639 spouses, 2,305 children (2,146 natural, 60 adopted, 99 stepchildren), 124 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 117 other relatives, 128 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 508 (246 male householders (189 living alone)), 171 female householders (140 living alone)), 91 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 75 (54 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 749 2-persons, 462 3-persons, 454 4-persons, 198 5-persons, 61 6-persons, 42 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 329 1-person, 80 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
1,363 married couples with children.
217 single-parent households (72 men, 145 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 110
| Here: | 13.0% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 54
| Here: | 10.3% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 43
| Here: | 19.7% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |