Shawnee township, Allen County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (78% naturalized citizens)
| Shawnee township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
62% of Shawnee township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9540
- Northeast: 418
- Midwest: 903
- South: 968
- West: 159
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $80,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Shawnee township, Ohio:
- 145 people in nursing homes
- 31 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 10 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,977
- One, attached: 83
- Two: 92
- 3 or 4: 183
- 5 to 9: 20
- 10 to 19: 34
- 20 to 49: 41
- 50 or more: 73
- Mobile homes: 333
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,600
Housing units in Shawnee township with a mortgage: 2,398 (292 second mortgage, 399 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,094
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Health care (9%)
- Construction (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shawnee township:
- German (38.1%)
- United States or American (11.9%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- English (9.3%)
- Italian (5.0%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (15%)
- Philippines (11%)
- Canada (11%)
- Mexico (9%)
- Iran (7%)
- Ghana (7%)
- Nigeria (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,420 (91%)
- Carpooled: 421 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 23 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 14 (0%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 89 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Shawnee township, Ohio:
- 145 people in nursing homes
- 31 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 10 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in other group homes
96.8% of residents of Shawnee township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (91% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 12,062- In family households: 10,919 (3,076 male householders, 536 female householders)
3,207 spouses, 3,750 children (3,466 natural, 42 adopted, 242 stepchildren), 107 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 63 parents, 71 other relatives, 94 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,143 (413 male householders (344 living alone)), 601 female householders (560 living alone)), 129 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 196 (186 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,700 2-persons, 784 3-persons, 713 4-persons, 270 5-persons, 108 6-persons, 37 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 904 1-person, 100 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 4 4-persons,
2,549 married couples with children.
407 single-parent households (94 men, 313 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 318
| Here: | 20.6% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 130
| Here: | 16.1% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 89
| Here: | 23.4% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |