Sheffield township, Lorain County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (41% naturalized citizens)
| Sheffield township: | 2.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
51% of Sheffield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2769
- Northeast: 195
- Midwest: 93
- South: 575
- West: 45
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $57,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.0%
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
13 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,270
- One, attached: 64
- Two: 29
- 3 or 4: 24
- 5 to 9: 66
- 10 to 19: 259
- 50 or more: 11
Housing units in Sheffield township with a mortgage: 565 (72 second mortgage, 42 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 403
- Metal and metal products (17%)
- Construction (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (16%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Cashiers (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sheffield township:
- German (13.1%)
- Irish (9.3%)
- Hungarian (7.2%)
- Italian (6.8%)
- United States or American (6.3%)
- Polish (5.6%)
- English (4.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (26%)
- Vietnam (16%)
- Other Eastern Europe (11%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (9%)
- Cambodia (8%)
- Germany (7%)
- Pakistan (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,487 (85%)
- Carpooled: 188 (11%)
- Walked: 39 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 22 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (85%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
13 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
82.5% of residents of Sheffield township speak English at home.
12.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 28% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 48% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,069- In family households: 3,419 (784 male householders, 285 female householders)
687 spouses, 1,229 children (1,098 natural, 36 adopted, 95 stepchildren), 149 grandchildren, 39 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 76 other relatives, 139 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 650 (281 male householders (227 living alone)), 260 female householders (219 living alone)), 109 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 14 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 458 2-persons, 239 3-persons, 207 4-persons, 104 5-persons, 39 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 446 1-person, 90 2-persons, 5 6-persons,
623 married couples with children.
362 single-parent households (77 men, 285 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 33
| Here: | 6.0% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 39
| Here: | 28.7% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |