Newton township, Muskingum County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (77% naturalized citizens)
| Newton township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
70% of Newton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 93% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5042
- Northeast: 74
- Midwest: 59
- South: 165
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $58,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
17 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,577
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 20
- 3 or 4: 52
- 5 to 9: 20
- 10 to 19: 12
- Mobile homes: 444
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,700
Housing units in Newton township with a mortgage: 638 (53 second mortgage, 70 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 498
- Construction (12%)
- Wood products (10%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Health care (23%)
- Wood products (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Woodworkers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Woodworkers (10%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Newton township:
- United States or American (36.4%)
- German (18.3%)
- English (14.7%)
- Irish (12.9%)
- Italian (3.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.6%)
- British (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (46%)
- United Kingdom (31%)
- Philippines (23%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,051 (84%)
- Carpooled: 303 (12%)
- Walked: 54 (2%)
- Worked at home: 35 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
17 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
98.4% of residents of Newton township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,386- In family households: 4,756 (1,255 male householders, 291 female householders)
1,231 spouses, 1,731 children (1,572 natural, 59 adopted, 100 stepchildren), 79 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 39 parents, 36 other relatives, 77 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 630 (254 male householders (185 living alone)), 267 female householders (233 living alone)), 109 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 17 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 678 2-persons, 353 3-persons, 341 4-persons, 118 5-persons, 50 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 418 1-person, 95 2-persons, 8 4-persons,
964 married couples with children.
340 single-parent households (96 men, 244 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 32
| Here: | 5.3% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 0.3% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 30
| Here: | 20.5% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |