Union township, Lawrence County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (66% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
62% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 12% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1648
- Northeast: 115
- Midwest: 163
- South: 6879
- West: 105
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $31,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
20 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,947
- One, attached: 37
- Two: 148
- 3 or 4: 128
- 5 to 9: 81
- 10 to 19: 59
- 20 to 49: 5
- Mobile homes: 588
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,100
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 1,115 (130 second mortgage, 95 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 952
- Construction (11%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- United States or American (37.3%)
- English (17.0%)
- Irish (13.4%)
- German (10.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
- Italian (1.7%)
- Scottish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (30%)
- Other Eastern Europe (21%)
- Mexico (21%)
- Yugoslavia (12%)
- Italy (10%)
- Taiwan (3%)
- Japan (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,187 (86%)
- Carpooled: 360 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (0%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 53 (1%)
- Other means: 10 (0%)
- Worked at home: 68 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (45%)
- Utility gas (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (2%)
20 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.0% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 14% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,984- In family households: 7,816 (1,956 male householders, 634 female householders)
2,004 spouses, 2,698 children (2,390 natural, 55 adopted, 253 stepchildren), 126 grandchildren, 50 brothers or sisters, 85 parents, 103 other relatives, 160 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,168 (426 male householders (360 living alone)), 600 female householders (549 living alone)), 142 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 20 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,117 2-persons, 691 3-persons, 477 4-persons, 216 5-persons, 57 6-persons, 32 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 909 1-person, 111 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
1,461 married couples with children.
503 single-parent households (121 men, 382 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 34
| Here: | 3.3% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
| Here: | 3.2% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 1.2% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |