Scioto township, Ross County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Scioto township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
55% of Scioto township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 22724
- Northeast: 782
- Midwest: 980
- South: 2457
- West: 415
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $62,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Scioto township, Ohio:
- 345 people in nursing homes
- 108 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 70 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 43 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 24 people in other group homes
- 19 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 16 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 16 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 8,721
- One, attached: 189
- Two: 871
- 3 or 4: 726
- 5 to 9: 721
- 10 to 19: 237
- 20 to 49: 213
- 50 or more: 426
- Mobile homes: 833
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,800
Housing units in Scioto township with a mortgage: 3,663 (317 second mortgage, 364 home equity loan, 41 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,762
- Paper (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Scioto township:
- German (23.3%)
- United States or American (23.2%)
- Irish (11.6%)
- English (10.8%)
- Scottish (2.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
- Italian (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (19%)
- Canada (14%)
- Germany (10%)
- Korea (9%)
- India (6%)
- Italy (5%)
- Haiti (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 9,765 (82%)
- Carpooled: 1,276 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 85 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 5 (0%)
- Taxi: 14 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 17 (0%)
- Bicycle: 38 (0%)
- Walked: 343 (3%)
- Other means: 94 (1%)
- Worked at home: 201 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
People in group quarters in Scioto township, Ohio:
- 345 people in nursing homes
- 108 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 70 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 43 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 24 people in other group homes
- 19 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 16 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 16 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
97.5% of residents of Scioto township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 27,103- In family households: 21,801 (5,407 male householders, 2,065 female householders)
5,526 spouses, 7,138 children (6,387 natural, 217 adopted, 534 stepchildren), 404 grandchildren, 216 brothers or sisters, 163 parents, 300 other relatives, 582 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5,302 (1,740 male householders (1,395 living alone)), 2,735 female householders (2,453 living alone)), 827 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 643 (374 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,721 2-persons, 1,803 3-persons, 1,180 4-persons, 517 5-persons, 219 6-persons, 32 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,848 1-person, 517 2-persons, 59 3-persons, 45 4-persons, 6 5-persons,
3,722 married couples with children.
2,040 single-parent households (410 men, 1,630 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 160
| Here: | 5.7% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 35
| Here: | 2.5% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 155
| Here: | 16.1% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |