Richland township, Defiance County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (70% naturalized citizens)
Richland township: | 1.4% |
Whole state: | 3.0% |
65% of Richland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2343
- Northeast: 99
- Midwest: 200
- South: 245
- West: 57
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $66,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 970
- One, attached: 45
- Two: 38
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 86
- 10 to 19: 28
- 20 to 49: 35
- 50 or more: 23
- Mobile homes: 92
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,900
Housing units in Richland township with a mortgage: 407 (51 second mortgage, 102 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 366
- Transportation equipment (24%)
- Construction (9%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (9%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Richland township:
- German (51.2%)
- United States or American (9.0%)
- English (6.8%)
- Irish (5.4%)
- Italian (2.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
- Polish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (20%)
- United Kingdom (18%)
- Germany (15%)
- Poland (15%)
- Taiwan (15%)
- Nicaragua (10%)
- Dominican Republic (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,236 (83%)
- Carpooled: 173 (12%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 32 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 35 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (44%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Other fuel (1%)
12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
96.4% of residents of Richland township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (46% speak English very well, 54% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 55% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,961- In family households: 2,560 (779 male householders, 95 female householders)
768 spouses, 747 children (696 natural, 33 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 65 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 22 other relatives, 69 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 401 (128 male householders (106 living alone)), 248 female householders (235 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 23 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 426 2-persons, 206 3-persons, 139 4-persons, 75 5-persons, 28 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 341 1-person, 35 2-persons,
530 married couples with children.
94 single-parent households (30 men, 64 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
Here: | 6.6% |
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: 30
Here: | 25.4% |
Ohio: | 23.4% |