Washington township, Van Wert County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
70% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4760
- Northeast: 23
- Midwest: 246
- South: 135
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $46,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,690
- One, attached: 37
- Two: 55
- 3 or 4: 20
- 5 to 9: 21
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 284
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,200
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 851 (129 second mortgage, 90 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 483
- Construction (11%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Food (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (68.2%)
- United States or American (9.9%)
- Irish (4.6%)
- English (3.3%)
- Italian (2.3%)
- French (except Basque) (1.4%)
- Polish (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (58%)
- Germany (42%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,162 (85%)
- Carpooled: 261 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 63 (2%)
- Worked at home: 39 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (1%)
98.5% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (17% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 52% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,232- In family households: 4,675 (1,243 male householders, 253 female householders)
1,297 spouses, 1,732 children (1,586 natural, 48 adopted, 98 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 35 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 9 other relatives, 58 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 557 (234 male householders (214 living alone)), 286 female householders (279 living alone)), 37 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 616 2-persons, 339 3-persons, 313 4-persons, 159 5-persons, 60 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 493 1-person, 25 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
1,088 married couples with children.
231 single-parent households (63 men, 168 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 309
| Here: | 46.7% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 105
| Here: | 31.3% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
| Here: | 17.8% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |