Deerfield township, Portage County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 22.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 3.7 sq. mi.
Population: 3,211 (all rural)
| Males: 1,625 |  (50.6%) |
| Females: 1,586 |  (49.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 3,211 (2,794 owner occupied, 417 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Deerfield township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.1%
- Black: 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
- Some other race: 0.2%
Median age of males: 36.0
Median age of females: 36.5
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Average household size: 2.68
| Deerfield township: | 2.7 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.02
| Deerfield township: | $52,337 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $703 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $142,100 (it was $118,300 in 2000)
| : | $142,100 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $181,290
Here: $181,290 State: $161,442
Townhouses or other attached units: $182,057
Here: $182,057 State: $159,986
In 2-unit structures: $128,068
Here: $128,068 State: $104,134
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $176,566
Here: $176,566 State: $110,889
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $110,755
Here: $110,755 State: $159,965
Mobile homes: $45,126
Here: $45,126 State: $36,578
| Population density: 141 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 4.8% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Deerfield township: Sebring Country Club (A), Deerfield Fire Department (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Church in Deerfield township: Yale Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Mottown Cemetery (1), Deerfield Cemetery (2), Hartzell Cemetery (3), Hayden Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Berlin Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creeks: Mill Creek (A), Willow Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
66% of Deerfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2617
- Northeast: 164
- Midwest: 103
- South: 246
- West: 55
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,180
- Two: 31
- 3 or 4: 17
- Mobile homes: 429
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 26
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,300
Housing units in Deerfield township with a mortgage: 412 (39 second mortgage, 71 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 222
- Construction (18%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Deerfield township:
- United States or American (20.3%)
- German (15.4%)
- English (13.2%)
- Irish (11.6%)
- Italian (5.2%)
- Polish (4.1%)
- Welsh (2.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,291 (85%)
- Carpooled: 129 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 12 (1%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 58 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (30%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (3%)
98.0% of residents of Deerfield township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 55% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,211- In family households: 2,880 (761 male householders, 153 female householders)
754 spouses, 1,018 children (948 natural, 12 adopted, 58 stepchildren), 55 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 36 other relatives, 70 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 331 (176 male householders (129 living alone)), 98 female householders (90 living alone)), 57 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 404 2-persons, 197 3-persons, 186 4-persons, 94 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 219 1-person, 55 2-persons,
599 married couples with children.
171 single-parent households (72 men, 99 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 4.6% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 32
| Here: | 50.8% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |