Archer township, Harrison County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 25.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 306 (4% urban, 96% rural)
| Males: 161 |  (52.6%) |
| Females: 145 |  (47.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 306 (256 owner occupied, 50 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 16% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Archer township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.0%
- Black: 1.0%
Median age of males: 40.3
Median age of females: 41.4
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Average household size: 2.39
| Archer township: | 2.4 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.78
| Archer township: | $38,819 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $385 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $81,074 (it was $58,500 in 2000)
| : | $81,074 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $105,532
Here: $105,532 State: $161,442
Townhouses or other attached units: $87,050
Here: $87,050 State: $159,986
In 2-unit structures: $33,935
Here: $33,935 State: $104,134
Mobile homes: $24,136
Here: $24,136 State: $36,578
| Population density: 12 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 18.8% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 11.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Archer township: Ridge Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Mattern Cemetery (1), Ridgeview Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Consolidation Coal Company Pond 0207 (A). Display/hide its location on the map
63% of Archer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 295
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 0
- South: 8
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 10.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 91
- Mobile homes: 46
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,800
Housing units in Archer township with a mortgage: 22 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 18
- Metal and metal products (16%)
- Machinery (11%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (24%)
- U. S. Postal service (18%)
- Truck transportation (16%)
- Health care (10%)
- Wood products (8%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (16%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (14%)
- Art and design workers (9%)
- Extraction workers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Cashiers (24%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (18%)
- Business operations specialists (16%)
- Customer service representatives (16%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Archer township:
- Irish (24.4%)
- German (20.8%)
- United States or American (16.2%)
- English (11.7%)
- Polish (8.6%)
- Italian (4.6%)
- Dutch (4.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 101 (83%)
- Carpooled: 20 (17%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (34%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Wood (9%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Other fuel (5%)
97.3% of residents of Archer township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 309- In family households: 239 (64 male householders, 3 female householders)
51 spouses, 93 children (76 natural, 0 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 0 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 70 (19 male householders (2 living alone)), 29 female householders (21 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 29 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 23 1-person, 25 2-persons,
44 married couples with children.
16 single-parent households (5 men, 11 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |