Deerfield township, Ross County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (63% naturalized citizens)
| Deerfield township: | 4.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
67% of Deerfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2228
- Northeast: 187
- Midwest: 106
- South: 161
- West: 95
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
18 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 851
- One, attached: 45
- Two: 28
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 36
- 10 to 19: 4
- Mobile homes: 85
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 29
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,900
Housing units in Deerfield township with a mortgage: 358 (31 second mortgage, 65 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 205
- Construction (14%)
- Food (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Food (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Deerfield township:
- German (44.3%)
- United States or American (10.5%)
- Pennsylvania German (6.0%)
- Irish (5.5%)
- English (3.7%)
- Italian (3.0%)
- Polish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (21%)
- Syria (17%)
- Canada (15%)
- Vietnam (10%)
- Mexico (10%)
- Guatemala (8%)
- Poland (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,287 (83%)
- Carpooled: 132 (9%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 42 (3%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 83 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (66%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
18 people in nursing homes
94.9% of residents of Deerfield township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,716- In family households: 2,399 (713 male householders, 70 female householders)
668 spouses, 811 children (737 natural, 29 adopted, 45 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 45 other relatives, 58 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 317 (124 male householders (104 living alone)), 132 female householders (108 living alone)), 61 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 142 (5 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 341 2-persons, 177 3-persons, 156 4-persons, 83 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 212 1-person, 38 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
182 married couples with children.
63 single-parent households (13 men, 50 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 57
| Here: | 17.3% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 26
| Here: | 17.1% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 168
| Here: | 77.4% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |