Knox township, Vinton County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 25.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 599 (all rural)
| Males: 324 |  (54.1%) |
| Females: 275 |  (45.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 562 (475 owner occupied, 87 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 15% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Knox township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 94.0%
- Black: 2.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.5%
- Asian: 1.3%
- Two or more races: 1.0%
Median age of males: 35.6
Median age of females: 38.6
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Average household size: 2.60
| Knox township: | 2.6 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.96
| Knox township: | $36,533 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $380 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $73,501 (it was $60,300 in 2000)
| : | $73,501 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $107,513
Here: $107,513 State: $161,442
Townhouses or other attached units: $75,027
Here: $75,027 State: $159,986
Mobile homes: $63,718
Here: $63,718 State: $36,578
| Population density: 24 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 19.1% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 6.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Knox township include: Harkins Chapel (A), Union Ridge Church (B), Weaver Chapel (C), Bethel Holiness Mission (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Bolin Cemetery (1), Brooks Cemetery (2), Clark Cemetery (3), Bethel Holiness Mission Cemetery (4), Harkins Chapel Cemetery (5), Union Ridge Cemetery (6), Weaver Chapel Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Laurel Run (A), Merritt Run (B), Flat Run (C), Onion Creek (D), Tedroe Run (E), Russell Run (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
59% of Knox township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 94% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 451
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 12
- South: 64
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $48,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 12.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
37 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 197
- Mobile homes: 67
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,500
Housing units in Knox township with a mortgage: 7 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 31
- Construction (40%)
- Wood products (22%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Recyclable material merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Educational services (25%)
- Health care (20%)
- Public administration (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (17%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (7%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (12%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (8%)
- Bus drivers (7%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Knox township:
- Irish (27.1%)
- English (20.6%)
- Italian (9.7%)
- United States or American (6.1%)
- French (except Basque) (5.5%)
- German (4.8%)
- French Canadian (4.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 192 (75%)
- Carpooled: 43 (17%)
- Walked: 22 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Wood (23%)
- Utility gas (18%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Other fuel (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
37 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
99.2% of residents of Knox township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 522- In family households: 449 (116 male householders, 28 female householders)
120 spouses, 164 children (152 natural, 5 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 73 (11 male householders (11 living alone)), 43 female householders (26 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 37 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 64 2-persons, 41 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 37 1-person, 17 2-persons,
88 married couples with children.
33 single-parent households (14 men, 19 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 15.6% |
| 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: 25
| Here: | 49.0% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |