Oxford township, Guernsey County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 30.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 677 (all rural)
| Males: 348 |  (51.4%) |
| Females: 329 |  (48.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 677 (604 owner occupied, 73 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 11% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Oxford township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.5%
- Black: 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.7%
- Two or more races: 0.9%
Median age of males: 37.1
Median age of females: 37.6
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Average household size: 2.92
| Oxford township: | 2.9 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.25
| Oxford township: | $40,448 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $426 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $91,269 (it was $66,200 in 2000)
| : | $91,269 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
| Population density: 22 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 9.8% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 3.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Cities in this township include: Fairview.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Oxford township include: Pisgah Church of Christ (A), Salt Fork Baptist Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Fletcher Cemetery (1), Fairview Cemetery (2), Pisgah Cemetery (3), Salt Fork Baptist Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
53% of Oxford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% 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: 500
- Northeast: 1
- Midwest: 0
- South: 106
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 192
- 50 or more: 3
- Mobile homes: 101
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,300
Housing units in Oxford township with a mortgage: 32 (7 second mortgage, 1 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 26
- Construction (23%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Food (4%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (10%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (10%)
- Bus drivers (8%)
- Therapists (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oxford township:
- German (28.1%)
- Irish (20.5%)
- United States or American (18.8%)
- English (13.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
- Polish (1.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 169 (66%)
- Carpooled: 56 (22%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (2%)
- Walked: 1 (0%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 24 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Wood (23%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Utility gas (11%)
99.3% of residents of Oxford township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 614- In family households: 567 (152 male householders, 20 female householders)
146 spouses, 212 children (196 natural, 0 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 17 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 47 (21 male householders (16 living alone)), 15 female householders (15 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 68 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 31 1-person, 5 2-persons,
139 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (4 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 9.0% |
| 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% |