Oliver township, Adams County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 29.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,246 (all rural)
| Males: 623 |  (50.0%) |
| Females: 623 |  (50.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,246 (1,017 owner occupied, 229 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 18% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Oliver township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.2%
- Black: 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.3%
- Two or more races: 1.2%
Median age of males: 30.5
Median age of females: 30.1
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Average household size: 2.92
| Oliver township: | 2.9 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.37
| Oliver township: | $37,121 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $374 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $90,201 (it was $65,100 in 2000)
| : | $90,201 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
| Population density: 43 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 5.0% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 2.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Oliver township: Wheat Ridge Chapel (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Treber Cemetery (1), Unity Cemetery (2), Hull Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Laycocks Farm Pond Number One (A), Laycocks Farm Pond Number Two (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Cherry Fork (A), Grace Run (B), West Fork Ohio Brush Creek (C), Spoon River (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Oliver township: Johnson Ridge State Nature Preserve (1). Display/hide its location on the map
57% of Oliver 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, 80% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1076
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 61
- South: 130
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 331
- Two: 38
- 20 to 49: 11
- Mobile homes: 108
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,200
Housing units in Oliver township with a mortgage: 100 (0 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 63
- Construction (33%)
- Wood products (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Wood products (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (11%)
- Carpenters (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (7%)
- Woodworkers (6%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (13%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Secondary school teachers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oliver township:
- United States or American (40.7%)
- German (28.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (8.9%)
- Irish (5.1%)
- English (3.7%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.7%)
- Italian (1.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 358 (59%)
- Carpooled: 126 (21%)
- Bicycle: 21 (3%)
- Walked: 63 (10%)
- Other means: 10 (2%)
- Worked at home: 31 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Wood (22%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
76.0% of residents of Oliver township speak English at home.
24.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,293- In family households: 1,156 (299 male householders, 21 female householders)
299 spouses, 519 children (429 natural, 0 adopted, 90 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 137 (71 male householders (71 living alone)), 58 female householders (44 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 114 2-persons, 64 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 46 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 32 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 115 1-person, 14 2-persons,
319 married couples with children.
60 single-parent households (16 men, 44 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 51
| Here: | 23.7% |
| 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% |