Symmes township, Lawrence County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 37.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 470 (all rural)
| Males: 225 |  (47.9%) |
| Females: 245 |  (52.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 470 (357 owner occupied, 113 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 24% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Symmes township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.0%
- Black: 1.1%
- Two or more races: 0.9%
Median age of males: 38.1
Median age of females: 39.3
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Average household size: 2.53
| Symmes township: | 2.5 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.11
| Symmes township: | $43,173 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $433 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $94,376 (it was $64,500 in 2000)
| : | $94,376 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
| Population density: 12 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 38.1% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 14.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Symmes township include: Macedonia Church (A), Palestine Church (B), Rehobeth Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Thompson Cemetery (1), Buffalo Cemetery (2), Irvin Cemetery (3), Macedonia Cemetery (4), Cooper Cemetery (5), Wiseman Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Payne Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Handley Branch (A), Caulley Creek (B), Carpenter Creek (C), Buffalo Creek (D), Buckeye Creek (E), Asbury Creek (F), Miller Creek (G), Johns Creek (H), Indian Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
69% of Symmes township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 448
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 9
- South: 97
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 148
- Mobile homes: 96
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,500
Housing units in Symmes township with a mortgage: 28 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6
- Administrative and support and waste management services (25%)
- Construction (14%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Public administration (19%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (14%)
- Health care (14%)
- Apparel (9%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (20%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (9%)
- Construction laborers (9%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (19%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (14%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (14%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Customer service representatives (9%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Symmes township:
- United States or American (55.2%)
- Irish (11.2%)
- German (10.8%)
- Dutch (3.8%)
- English (1.7%)
- French (except Basque) (1.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 133 (76%)
- Carpooled: 37 (21%)
- Walked: 5 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (61%)
- Wood (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- Electricity (3%)
98.9% of residents of Symmes township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 567- In family households: 498 (80 male householders, 62 female householders)
84 spouses, 232 children (183 natural, 24 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 69 (45 male householders (31 living alone)), 12 female householders (12 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 45 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 43 1-person, 14 2-persons,
81 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (3 men, 14 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): 6
| Here: | 31.6% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |