For population 15 years and over in Ballville CDP:
Never married: 14.4%
Now married: 67.4%
Separated: 0.7%
Widowed: 9.3%
Divorced: 8.2%
63 residents are foreign born
This place:
1.9%
Ohio:
3.0%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $1,656 (1.0%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $1,463 (0.9%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Toledo, OH (32.7 miles , pop. 313,619).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (237.7 miles , pop. 2,896,016).
Ballville-area historical tornado activity is above Ohio state average. It is 93% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 4/11/1965, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 32.8 miles away from the Ballville place center killed 18 peopleand injured 236 peopleand causedbetween $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
On 6/8/1953, a category F4 tornado 35.3 miles away from the place center killed 4 peopleand injured 18 peopleand causedbetween $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Ballville-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Ohio state average. It is 95% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 7/12/1986 at 08:19:37, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 MB, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 84.7 miles away from the city center On 3/12/2007 at 23:18:16, a magnitude 3.7 (3.7 LG, 3.6 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 91.2 miles away from Ballville center On 1/26/1991 at 03:21:22, a magnitude 3.4 (3.2 LG, 3.4 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 88.4 miles away from the city center On 10/17/2007 at 20:04:09, a magnitude 3.4 (3.4 LG, 3.2 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 93.4 miles away from the city center On 1/9/2008 at 01:34:46, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 92.3 miles away from Ballville center On 3/11/2006 at 12:27:15, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 95.6 miles away from the city center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Sandusky County (9) is smaller than the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 6 Emergencies Declared: 3
Causes of natural disasters: Storms: 6, Floods: 5, Tornadoes: 4, Blizzard: 1, Wind: 1, Hurricane: 1, Snow: 1, Snowstorm: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near Ballville:
"PHYSICIAN'S CHOICE HOSPITAL - FREMONT, LLC" (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 2 miles away; FREMONT, OH)
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Other, provides emergency services, about 2 miles away; FREMONT, OH)
MERCY TIFFIN HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 15 miles away; TIFFIN, OH)
Amtrak station near Ballville:
19 miles: FOSTORIA (500 S. MAIN ST.) . Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, call for taxi service.
Operable nuclear power plant near Ballville:
13 miles: Davis-Besse in Oak Harbor, OH.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Ballville:
Tiffin University (about 15 miles; Tiffin, OH; Full-time enrollment: 2,204)
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus (about 28 miles; Bowling Green, OH; FT enrollment: 14,693)
Owens Community College (about 28 miles; Perrysburg, OH; FT enrollment: 8,441)
The University of Findlay (about 33 miles; Findlay, OH; FT enrollment: 3,107)
University of Toledo (about 34 miles; Toledo, OH; FT enrollment: 18,275)
Monroe County Community College (about 45 miles; Monroe, MI; FT enrollment: 2,023)
Oberlin College (about 48 miles; Oberlin, OH; FT enrollment: 2,894)
Sandusky County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 3.1%
(2.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 21.3% for Black residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
This place:
2.3 people
Ohio:
2.6 people
Percentage of family households:
This place:
69.6%
Whole state:
70.7%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:
2.9%
Whole state:
5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Religion statistics for Ballville (based on Sandusky County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 50.95%
Here
51.0%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Catholic Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
United Methodist Church
Charismatic Churches Independent
Southern Baptist Convention
Adherents
40.2%
22.6%
15.8%
3.5%
3.2%
Congregations
9.5%
14.9%
20.3%
1.4%
6.8%
Name
United Church of Christ
Presbyterian Church (USA)
LDS (Mormon) Church
Non-Charismatic Churches Independent
Other
Adherents
2.5%
2.3%
1.4%
1.3%
7.1%
Congregations
2.7%
4.1%
2.7%
1.4%
36.5%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 12
Sandusky County:
1.97 / 10,000 pop.
Ohio:
1.89 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
This county:
0.16 / 10,000 pop.
State:
0.13 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 3
Sandusky County:
0.49 / 10,000 pop.
Ohio:
1.25 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 27
Sandusky County:
4.43 / 10,000 pop.
State:
2.93 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 32
Here:
5.25 / 10,000 pop.
State:
6.25 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
This county:
10.3%
Ohio:
10.3%
Adult obesity rate:
Sandusky County:
29.7%
Ohio:
29.1%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
This county:
14.8%
State:
11.9%
4.30% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,546 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
4.30%
Ohio average:
5.31%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
