Harrison township, Perry County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (47% naturalized citizens)
| Harrison township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
61% of Harrison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4984
- Northeast: 77
- Midwest: 67
- South: 274
- West: 42
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $25,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,638
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 58
- 3 or 4: 27
- 5 to 9: 90
- 10 to 19: 9
- 20 to 49: 78
- 50 or more: 16
- Mobile homes: 314
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,500
Housing units in Harrison township with a mortgage: 682 (59 second mortgage, 25 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 499
- Nonmetallic mineral products (15%)
- Construction (11%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Woodworkers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harrison township:
- German (28.2%)
- United States or American (24.8%)
- English (11.9%)
- Irish (10.2%)
- Italian (2.8%)
- Scottish (1.9%)
- Dutch (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (88%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,798 (78%)
- Carpooled: 367 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 37 (2%)
- Other means: 34 (1%)
- Worked at home: 65 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (2%)
98.5% of residents of Harrison township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,483- In family households: 4,835 (1,136 male householders, 403 female householders)
1,163 spouses, 1,846 children (1,693 natural, 28 adopted, 125 stepchildren), 60 grandchildren, 28 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 36 other relatives, 139 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 648 (215 male householders (165 living alone)), 345 female householders (330 living alone)), 88 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 565 2-persons, 371 3-persons, 365 4-persons, 149 5-persons, 77 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 495 1-person, 50 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
1,006 married couples with children.
423 single-parent households (90 men, 333 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 1.4% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 4.0% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |