Scipio township, Meigs County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 37.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,050 (all rural)
| Males: 546 |  (52.0%) |
| Females: 504 |  (48.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,050 (890 owner occupied, 160 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 15% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Scipio township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.7%
- Black: 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 35.2
Median age of females: 35.9
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Average household size: 2.63
| Scipio township: | 2.6 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.04
| Scipio township: | $36,611 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $407 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $80,200 (it was $55,100 in 2000)
| : | $80,200 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
| Population density: 28 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 25.6% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 8.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Scipio township: Woodyard (A), Scipio Township Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (B), Scipio Township Volunteer Fire Department Station 2 (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Scipio township include: Mount Union Church (A), Harrisonville Presbyterian Church (B), Pearl Chapel (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Shipman Cemetery (1), Wells Cemetery (2), Horner Hill Cemetery (3), White Oak Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Goose Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
69% of Scipio township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 744
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 9
- South: 264
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.8% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 282
- One, attached: 7
- Mobile homes: 191
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,200
Housing units in Scipio township with a mortgage: 44 (8 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 13
- Construction (18%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (8%)
- Health care (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Health care (40%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Private households (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Extraction workers (7%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (23%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (19%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Scipio township:
- United States or American (54.1%)
- German (13.3%)
- English (9.1%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- Dutch (2.0%)
- Scottish (1.4%)
- French (except Basque) (0.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 314 (74%)
- Carpooled: 94 (22%)
- Walked: 12 (3%)
- Worked at home: 6 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Utility gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Wood (5%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,046- In family households: 876 (221 male householders, 28 female householders)
236 spouses, 324 children (279 natural, 34 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 15 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 170 (70 male householders (46 living alone)), 55 female householders (32 living alone)), 45 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 86 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 90 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 12 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 78 1-person, 47 2-persons,
199 married couples with children.
61 single-parent households (19 men, 42 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% |