Vernon township, Scioto County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 35.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,855 (17% urban, 83% rural)
| Males: 902 |  (48.6%) |
| Females: 953 |  (51.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,855 (1,542 owner occupied, 313 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 17% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Vernon township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.4%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 1.0%
Median age of males: 35.3
Median age of females: 35.1
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Average household size: 2.67
| Vernon township: | 2.7 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.01
| Vernon township: | $37,351 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $389 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $90,600 (it was $59,900 in 2000)
| : | $90,600 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
| Population density: 53 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 13.7% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 4.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Vernon township: Superior (A), Scioto Ambulance District Squad 6 (B), Scioto Ambulance District Squad 9 (C), Vernon Township Fire Station 2 (D), Vernon Township Fire Station 1 (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Vernon township include: Mount Hope Church (A), Lily Chapel (B), Germany Hollow Church (C), Bussey Hill Chapel (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Mount Hope Cemetery (1), Vernon Cemetery (2), Bussey Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Turkeyfoot Run (A), North Fork Lick Run (B), Salters Creek (C), Howard Run (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
65% of Vernon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 18% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1503
- Northeast: 46
- Midwest: 18
- South: 274
- West: 47
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 598
- Mobile homes: 149
Median worth of mobile homes: $51,100
Housing units in Vernon township with a mortgage: 170 (22 second mortgage, 39 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 167
- Construction (27%)
- Rail transportation (9%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (34%)
- Social assistance (13%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (15%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Painters and paperhangers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (11%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Vernon township:
- United States or American (32.5%)
- German (25.2%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- English (10.8%)
- Dutch (3.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 566 (80%)
- Carpooled: 96 (14%)
- Other means: 12 (2%)
- Worked at home: 34 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Wood (7%)
- Utility gas (2%)
99.4% of residents of Vernon township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,894- In family households: 1,669 (456 male householders, 93 female householders)
453 spouses, 603 children (537 natural, 26 adopted, 40 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 0 other relatives, 48 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 225 (92 male householders (74 living alone)), 80 female householders (69 living alone)), 53 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 236 2-persons, 137 3-persons, 101 4-persons, 44 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 143 1-person, 22 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 4 4-persons,
381 married couples with children.
79 single-parent households (26 men, 53 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: 6
| Here: | 9.8% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |