Washington township, Richland County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (83% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
69% of Washington 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, 72% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5340
- Northeast: 213
- Midwest: 508
- South: 477
- West: 62
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $255,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
28 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,427
- One, attached: 35
- Two: 50
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 50
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 1,343 (94 second mortgage, 233 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 659
- Construction (10%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (33.8%)
- United States or American (11.8%)
- English (9.5%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- Italian (4.8%)
- Polish (3.2%)
- Dutch (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Yugoslavia (27%)
- United Kingdom (15%)
- Netherlands (11%)
- Other Eastern Europe (10%)
- Germany (8%)
- Hungary (7%)
- France (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,117 (90%)
- Carpooled: 166 (5%)
- Walked: 70 (2%)
- Other means: 38 (1%)
- Worked at home: 85 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (4%)
28 people in nursing homes
96.1% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,722- In family households: 6,142 (1,724 male householders, 281 female householders)
1,804 spouses, 1,960 children (1,783 natural, 49 adopted, 128 stepchildren), 153 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 58 parents, 99 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 580 (241 male householders (199 living alone)), 224 female householders (184 living alone)), 115 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 29 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 899 2-persons, 473 3-persons, 344 4-persons, 200 5-persons, 53 6-persons, 36 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 383 1-person, 61 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 9 4-persons,
1,385 married couples with children.
191 single-parent households (43 men, 148 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 114
| Here: | 14.8% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 36
| Here: | 7.0% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 54
| Here: | 29.2% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |