Ridge township, Van Wert County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (38% naturalized citizens)
| Ridge township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
63% of Ridge township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2542
- Northeast: 64
- Midwest: 294
- South: 135
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Ridge township, Ohio:
- 60 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 41 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,116
- One, attached: 17
- Two: 50
- 3 or 4: 46
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Ridge township with a mortgage: 487 (66 second mortgage, 61 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 436
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (9%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ridge township:
- German (44.8%)
- United States or American (12.9%)
- Irish (11.3%)
- English (7.5%)
- Welsh (3.5%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (43%)
- Germany (16%)
- Cuba (14%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Korea (9%)
- Thailand (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,276 (85%)
- Carpooled: 134 (9%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 41 (3%)
- Other means: 17 (1%)
- Worked at home: 28 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Ridge township, Ohio:
- 60 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 41 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
96.1% of residents of Ridge township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 18% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (19% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 35% speak English not well, 23% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,012- In family households: 2,694 (807 male householders, 114 female householders)
796 spouses, 884 children (781 natural, 37 adopted, 66 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 25 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 318 (117 male householders (107 living alone)), 185 female householders (180 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 124 (70 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 478 2-persons, 166 3-persons, 162 4-persons, 86 5-persons, 29 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 287 1-person, 11 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
596 married couples with children.
108 single-parent households (24 men, 84 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 4.8% |
| 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: 17
| Here: | 23.0% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |