Delaware township, Delaware County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (29% naturalized citizens)
| Delaware township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
43% of Delaware 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, 65% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 18788
- Northeast: 1780
- Midwest: 1927
- South: 2296
- West: 757
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
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
People in group quarters in Delaware township, Ohio:
- 1,546 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 351 people in nursing homes
- 74 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 3 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,276
- One, attached: 600
- Two: 648
- 3 or 4: 961
- 5 to 9: 859
- 10 to 19: 380
- 20 to 49: 347
- 50 or more: 238
- Mobile homes: 272
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,600
Housing units in Delaware township with a mortgage: 4,314 (564 second mortgage, 532 home equity loan, 47 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,299
- Construction (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Delaware township:
- German (27.3%)
- United States or American (13.8%)
- English (11.5%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- Italian (5.4%)
- European (2.2%)
- Welsh (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (13%)
- Canada (12%)
- India (10%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Philippines (9%)
- Korea (8%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 10,754 (82%)
- Carpooled: 1,134 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 60 (0%)
- Taxi: 15 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Bicycle: 29 (0%)
- Walked: 554 (4%)
- Other means: 79 (1%)
- Worked at home: 476 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
People in group quarters in Delaware township, Ohio:
- 1,546 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 351 people in nursing homes
- 74 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 3 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
96.7% of residents of Delaware township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 24,164- In family households: 20,193 (4,899 male householders, 1,742 female householders)
5,196 spouses, 7,279 children (6,592 natural, 235 adopted, 452 stepchildren), 253 grandchildren, 114 brothers or sisters, 159 parents, 137 other relatives, 414 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,971 (1,317 male householders (1,005 living alone)), 1,907 female householders (1,590 living alone)), 747 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,985 (429 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,837 2-persons, 1,683 3-persons, 1,397 4-persons, 526 5-persons, 140 6-persons, 58 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,595 1-person, 524 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 38 4-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
4,501 married couples with children.
1,483 single-parent households (326 men, 1,157 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 282
| Here: | 10.7% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 53
| Here: | 4.4% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,690
| Here: | 72.1% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |