Sterling township, Brown County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Sterling township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
59% of Sterling township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 24% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 96% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3264
- Northeast: 49
- Midwest: 84
- South: 410
- West: 41
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Sterling township, Ohio:
- 13 people in other group homes
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 856
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 17
- Mobile homes: 498
Median worth of mobile homes: $69,900
Housing units in Sterling township with a mortgage: 550 (86 second mortgage, 56 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 67
- Construction (16%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sterling township:
- United States or American (43.2%)
- German (16.4%)
- English (12.1%)
- Irish (7.1%)
- Dutch (4.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
- Italian (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Australia (90%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,372 (79%)
- Carpooled: 299 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 12 (1%)
- Walked: 8 (0%)
- Other means: 32 (2%)
- Worked at home: 19 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (47%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Sterling township, Ohio:
- 13 people in other group homes
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.4% of residents of Sterling township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (25% speak English very well, 75% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,858- In family households: 3,568 (914 male householders, 171 female householders)
973 spouses, 1,364 children (1,234 natural, 15 adopted, 115 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 42 other relatives, 59 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 290 (148 male householders (111 living alone)), 72 female householders (64 living alone)), 70 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 20 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 413 2-persons, 253 3-persons, 214 4-persons, 156 5-persons, 39 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 175 1-person, 30 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 13 4-persons,
853 married couples with children.
198 single-parent households (76 men, 122 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 52
| Here: | 8.5% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 6.6% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 36
| Here: | 38.7% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |