Sharon township, Franklin County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (46% naturalized citizens)
| Sharon township: | 4.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
65% of Sharon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10618
- Northeast: 1466
- Midwest: 1630
- South: 1478
- West: 513
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $126,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
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
People in group quarters in Sharon township, Ohio:
- 279 people in nursing homes
- 46 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 11 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 4 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,543
- One, attached: 424
- Two: 141
- 3 or 4: 390
- 5 to 9: 163
- 10 to 19: 76
- 20 to 49: 32
- 50 or more: 111
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $65,000
Housing units in Sharon township with a mortgage: 3,851 (533 second mortgage, 851 home equity loan, 26 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,473
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Health care (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Lawyers (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sharon township:
- German (25.9%)
- English (15.2%)
- Irish (11.1%)
- United States or American (7.9%)
- Italian (5.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.5%)
- Scottish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (13%)
- Japan (10%)
- India (8%)
- Germany (7%)
- Canada (6%)
- Australia (5%)
- Taiwan (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,364 (87%)
- Carpooled: 381 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 122 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 15 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 10 (0%)
- Bicycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 99 (1%)
- Other means: 21 (0%)
- Worked at home: 426 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (89%)
- Electricity (10%)
People in group quarters in Sharon township, Ohio:
- 279 people in nursing homes
- 46 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 11 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 4 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in religious group quarters
93.6% of residents of Sharon township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 2% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
2.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 16,207- In family households: 13,991 (3,868 male householders, 938 female householders)
4,228 spouses, 4,463 children (4,147 natural, 141 adopted, 175 stepchildren), 138 grandchildren, 43 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 147 other relatives, 136 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,216 (621 male householders (498 living alone)), 1,296 female householders (1,198 living alone)), 299 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 349 (327 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,381 2-persons, 971 3-persons, 968 4-persons, 375 5-persons, 98 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,696 1-person, 186 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
3,118 married couples with children.
564 single-parent households (120 men, 444 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 175
| Here: | 9.9% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 85
| Here: | 8.1% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 131
| Here: | 25.5% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |