Perry township, Allen County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Perry township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
59% of Perry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2966
- Northeast: 65
- Midwest: 171
- South: 318
- West: 26
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $36,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
77 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,030
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 4
- 5 to 9: 12
- 10 to 19: 44
- 20 to 49: 42
- 50 or more: 26
- Mobile homes: 280
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,800
Housing units in Perry township with a mortgage: 443 (18 second mortgage, 38 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 269
- Construction (12%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Perry township:
- German (28.5%)
- United States or American (24.0%)
- Irish (13.3%)
- English (6.3%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
- Italian (2.6%)
- Welsh (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (42%)
- Netherlands (32%)
- Germany (26%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,306 (87%)
- Carpooled: 132 (9%)
- Other means: 24 (2%)
- Worked at home: 37 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (4%)
77 people in nursing homes
98.7% of residents of Perry township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,490- In family households: 2,990 (813 male householders, 172 female householders)
780 spouses, 1,055 children (885 natural, 44 adopted, 126 stepchildren), 62 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 33 other relatives, 53 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 500 (161 male householders (121 living alone)), 262 female householders (240 living alone)), 77 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 78 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 435 2-persons, 231 3-persons, 169 4-persons, 108 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 361 1-person, 54 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
605 married couples with children.
192 single-parent households (44 men, 148 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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% |