Van Buren township, Shelby County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 37.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 1,599 (all rural)
| Males: 812 |  (50.8%) |
| Females: 787 |  (49.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,599 (1,448 owner occupied, 151 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 9% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Van Buren township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.2%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.1%
Median age of males: 35.0
Median age of females: 35.1
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Average household size: 2.94
| Van Buren township: | 2.9 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.32
| Van Buren township: | $52,682 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $529 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $119,815 (it was $97,900 in 2000)
| : | $119,815 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
| Population density: 43 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Cities in this township include: Kettlersville.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Berning Family Farms (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Barnett Cemetery (1), Schwaberow Cemetery (2), Collins Cemetery (3), Sacred Heart Cemetery (4), Johnson Cemetery (5), Redman Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Clay Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
71% of Van Buren township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1459
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 31
- South: 13
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 549
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 2
Housing units in Van Buren township with a mortgage: 216 (25 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 164
- Machinery (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (12%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Registered nurses (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Van Buren township:
- German (76.3%)
- English (6.8%)
- United States or American (6.6%)
- Irish (4.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.4%)
- Scottish (0.7%)
- European (0.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 605 (80%)
- Carpooled: 64 (8%)
- Ferryboat: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 26 (3%)
- Worked at home: 59 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (45%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
97.7% of residents of Van Buren township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,517- In family households: 1,428 (409 male householders, 32 female householders)
404 spouses, 535 children (506 natural, 14 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 89 (35 male householders (35 living alone)), 54 female householders (54 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 192 2-persons, 92 3-persons, 74 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 89 1-person,
442 married couples with children.
38 single-parent households (20 men, 18 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
| Here: | 8.4% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 13.8% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 23.7% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |