Shalersville township, Portage County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Shalersville township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
71% of Shalersville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4798
- Northeast: 427
- Midwest: 88
- South: 537
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $150,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
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
People in group quarters in Shalersville township, Ohio:
- 156 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 125 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 74 people in nursing homes
- 39 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,565
- One, attached: 111
- Two: 91
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 232
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Shalersville township with a mortgage: 958 (99 second mortgage, 172 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 266
- Construction (16%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shalersville township:
- German (19.9%)
- United States or American (12.2%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- English (10.0%)
- Polish (9.3%)
- Italian (8.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (30%)
- Korea (23%)
- Other Western Europe (13%)
- Russia (13%)
- Germany (12%)
- Hungary (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,423 (87%)
- Carpooled: 251 (9%)
- Taxi: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 12 (0%)
- Other means: 12 (0%)
- Worked at home: 86 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (42%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Wood (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
People in group quarters in Shalersville township, Ohio:
- 156 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 125 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 74 people in nursing homes
- 39 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
95.4% of residents of Shalersville township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English not well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (41% speak English very well, 59% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,580- In family households: 5,136 (1,285 male householders, 296 female householders)
1,305 spouses, 1,901 children (1,758 natural, 50 adopted, 93 stepchildren), 153 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 84 other relatives, 68 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 444 (162 male householders (123 living alone)), 207 female householders (180 living alone)), 75 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 396 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 551 2-persons, 388 3-persons, 403 4-persons, 160 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 55 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 303 1-person, 58 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
1,213 married couples with children.
299 single-parent households (72 men, 227 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
| Here: | 3.3% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 1.7% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 26
| Here: | 16.6% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |