Hamilton township, Lawrence County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 11.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.4 sq. mi.
Population: 1,817 (56% urban, 44% rural)
| Males: 896 |  (49.3%) |
| Females: 921 |  (50.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,817 (1,390 owner occupied, 427 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 24% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Hamilton township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.5%
- Black: 1.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
Median age of males: 38.4
Median age of females: 40.8
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Average household size: 2.44
| Hamilton township: | 2.4 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.91
| Hamilton township: | $43,173 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $433 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $94,376 (it was $64,500 in 2000)
| : | $94,376 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
| Population density: 162 people per square mile | (high). |
| This township: | 16.5% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 7.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Cities in this township include: Hanging Rock.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Hamilton Township Volunteer Fire Department (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Hamilton township: Apostolic Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Trumbo Cemetery (1), Hanging Rock Cemetery (2), Gilruth-Davisson Cemetery (3), Bumgarner Cemetery (4), Austin Cemetery (5), Kelley Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Hamilton township: Our Lady of Fatima Shrine (1). Display/hide its location on the map
70% of Hamilton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1301
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 15
- South: 433
- West: 13
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 565
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 7
- Mobile homes: 190
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,700
Housing units in Hamilton township with a mortgage: 205 (29 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 209
- Public administration (12%)
- Construction (11%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Petroleum and coal products (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hamilton township:
- United States or American (39.4%)
- Irish (16.4%)
- German (13.5%)
- English (7.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Italian (2.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 613 (91%)
- Carpooled: 30 (4%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 13 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (51%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
99.0% of residents of Hamilton township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,773- In family households: 1,564 (386 male householders, 148 female householders)
420 spouses, 536 children (503 natural, 8 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 3 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 209 (77 male householders (70 living alone)), 118 female householders (115 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 247 2-persons, 120 3-persons, 107 4-persons, 42 5-persons, 18 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 185 1-person, 4 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
274 married couples with children.
117 single-parent households (31 men, 86 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 8.0% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 9.2% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |