Washington township, Muskingum County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
62% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 30% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3431
- Northeast: 306
- Midwest: 94
- South: 194
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $202,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.5%
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
274 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,273
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 17
- 5 to 9: 12
- 10 to 19: 44
- 20 to 49: 7
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 301
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,100
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 602 (46 second mortgage, 99 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 341
- Construction (9%)
- Wood products (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (27%)
- Wood products (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (24.4%)
- United States or American (20.3%)
- English (10.8%)
- Irish (8.6%)
- Dutch (4.5%)
- European (3.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (27%)
- Germany (24%)
- Russia (12%)
- Philippines (7%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- France (6%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,719 (86%)
- Carpooled: 162 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (1%)
- Taxi: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 33 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 48 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (44%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood (5%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
274 people in nursing homes
94.5% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
3.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,918- In family households: 3,383 (1,022 male householders, 162 female householders)
974 spouses, 949 children (854 natural, 23 adopted, 72 stepchildren), 108 grandchildren, 34 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 15 other relatives, 106 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 535 (218 male householders (157 living alone)), 222 female householders (188 living alone)), 95 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 271 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 625 2-persons, 314 3-persons, 146 4-persons, 69 5-persons, 30 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 345 1-person, 89 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
644 married couples with children.
206 single-parent households (81 men, 125 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
| Here: | 6.2% |
| 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: 9
| Here: | 18.4% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |