Wayne township, Muskingum County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 24.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.3 sq. mi.
Population: 4,455 (28% urban, 72% rural)
| Males: 2,169 |  (48.7%) |
| Females: 2,286 |  (51.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 4,455 (3,866 owner occupied, 589 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Wayne township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.3%
- Black: 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.0%
- Asian: 0.0%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
- Some other race: 0.2%
Median age of males: 38.7
Median age of females: 39.8
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Average household size: 2.56
| Wayne township: | 2.6 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.94
| Wayne township: | $39,212 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $471 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $96,800 (it was $81,400 in 2000)
| : | $96,800 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
| Population density: 184 people per square mile | (high). |
| This township: | 6.2% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 3.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Cities in this township include: Duncan Falls.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Fairview Methodist Cemetery (1), Old Saint Nicholas Catholic Cemetery (2), Lewis Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Flat Run (A), Salt Creek (B), Duncan Run (C), Moxahala Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
67% of Wayne township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4138
- Northeast: 112
- Midwest: 106
- South: 103
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,504
- Two: 51
- 3 or 4: 82
- 5 to 9: 30
- 10 to 19: 17
- Mobile homes: 140
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,300
Housing units in Wayne township with a mortgage: 807 (84 second mortgage, 95 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 399
- Construction (8%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wayne township:
- German (29.6%)
- United States or American (26.1%)
- English (12.3%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- Scottish (2.7%)
- Italian (1.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,921 (84%)
- Carpooled: 261 (11%)
- Motorcycle: 35 (2%)
- Walked: 40 (2%)
- Worked at home: 41 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (45%)
- Electricity (31%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
98.2% of residents of Wayne township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,513- In family households: 4,012 (1,098 male householders, 203 female householders)
1,081 spouses, 1,500 children (1,374 natural, 29 adopted, 97 stepchildren), 28 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 12 other relatives, 68 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 501 (144 male householders (103 living alone)), 276 female householders (243 living alone)), 81 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 497 2-persons, 387 3-persons, 289 4-persons, 100 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 346 1-person, 56 2-persons, 18 3-persons,
818 married couples with children.
214 single-parent households (52 men, 162 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 49
| Here: | 9.0% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 68
| Here: | 22.8% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |