Gratis township, Preble County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Gratis township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
65% of Gratis township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3367
- Northeast: 64
- Midwest: 194
- South: 775
- West: 43
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $49,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
24 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,605
- One, attached: 22
- Two: 18
- 3 or 4: 4
- 5 to 9: 9
- Mobile homes: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,800
Housing units in Gratis township with a mortgage: 824 (106 second mortgage, 139 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 292
- Metal and metal products (17%)
- Construction (14%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Paper (3%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Paper (4%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Gratis township:
- United States or American (28.1%)
- German (25.2%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- English (9.7%)
- Scottish (3.9%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (41%)
- Thailand (32%)
- Korea (18%)
- Mexico (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,814 (87%)
- Carpooled: 163 (8%)
- Ferryboat: 5 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 23 (1%)
- Other means: 22 (1%)
- Worked at home: 59 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (32%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
24 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.6% of residents of Gratis township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,447- In family households: 4,146 (1,188 male householders, 164 female householders)
1,194 spouses, 1,404 children (1,216 natural, 50 adopted, 138 stepchildren), 60 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 61 other relatives, 44 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 301 (132 male householders (114 living alone)), 119 female householders (107 living alone)), 50 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 24 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 603 2-persons, 310 3-persons, 279 4-persons, 115 5-persons, 37 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 221 1-person, 20 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
901 married couples with children.
133 single-parent households (53 men, 80 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 1.5% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 2.5% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 22
| Here: | 17.5% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |