Dorset township, Ashtabula County, Ohio (OH)

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Dorset township, OH map Land area: 23.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 892 (all rural)

Males: 440	(49.3%)
Females: 452	(50.7%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 892 (785 owner occupied, 107 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	12%
State:	31%

Races in Dorset township:

White Non-Hispanic: 98.0%
Black: 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Asian: 0.3%
Two or more races: 0.7%

Median age of males: 35.9
Median age of females: 35.3

Average houshold size: 2.90
Average family size: 3.33

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Population density: 39 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	7.4%
Whole state:	10.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	0.6%
Whole state:	4.8%

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Cemetery: Dorset Cemetery.

Number of foreign born residents: 13 (100% naturalized citizens)

Dorset township:	1.5%
State:	3.0%

59% of Dorset township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in Ohio.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 760
Northeast: 88
Midwest: 18
South: 96
West: 7

Dorset township, Ohio satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 323
Mobile homes: 26

Median worth of mobile homes: $58,800

Housing units in Dorset township with a mortgage: 62 (9 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 56

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 25
1995 to 1998: 0
1990 to 1994: 9
1980 to 1989: 9
1970 to 1979: 38
1960 to 1969: 24
1950 to 1959: 13
1940 to 1949: 46
1939 or earlier: 185

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Dorset township, Ohio:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 0
4 rooms: 6
5 rooms: 66
6 rooms: 76
7 rooms: 51
8 rooms: 32
9 or more rooms: 27

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Dorset township, Ohio:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 0
4 rooms: 9
5 rooms: 0
6 rooms: 36
7 rooms: 17
8 rooms: 0
9 or more rooms: 4

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Dorset township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 0
2 bedrooms: 44
3 bedrooms: 106
4 bedrooms: 99
5 or more bedrooms: 9

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Dorset township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 0
2 bedrooms: 20
3 bedrooms: 42
4 bedrooms: 0
5 or more bedrooms: 4

Cars and other vehicles available in Dorset township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 9
1 vehicle: 43
2 vehicles: 147
3 vehicles: 36
4 vehicles: 15
5 or more vehicles: 8

Cars and other vehicles available in Dorset township in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 0
1 vehicle: 0
2 vehicles: 44
3 vehicles: 22
4 vehicles: 0
5 or more vehicles: 0

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
Truck transportation (12%)
Repair and maintenance (12%)
Chemicals (11%)
Construction (7%)
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
Health care (6%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (12%)
U. S. Postal service (11%)
Accommodation and food services (11%)
Private households (10%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
Gasoline stations (8%)
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (6%)

Most common occupations for males

Metal workers and plastic workers (15%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
Construction laborers (7%)
Life, physical, and social science technicians (6%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (6%)

Most common occupations for females

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (18%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (15%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (11%)
Health technologists and technicians (8%)
Other transportation workers (8%)
Other financial specialists (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Dorset township:

German (19.3%)
United States or American (14.2%)
Irish (9.6%)
English (7.7%)
Hungarian (4.8%)
Ukrainian (4.7%)
Finnish (3.6%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Yugoslavia (100%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 253 (73%)
Carpooled: 55 (16%)
Walked: 26 (7%)
Other means: 9 (3%)
Worked at home: 5 (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (47%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
Wood (15%)
Other fuel (10%)
Utility gas (9%)

92.4% of residents of Dorset township speak English at home.
7.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 982

In family households: 930 (235 male householders, 39 female householders)
224 spouses, 270 children (205 natural, 16 adopted, 49 stepchildren), 114 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 11 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 52 (23 male householders (18 living alone)), 18 female householders (13 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 123 2-persons, 46 3-persons, 41 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 31 1-person, 10 2-persons.

195 married couples with children.
45 single-parent households (16 men, 29 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0

Here:	0.0%
Ohio:	14.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7

Here:	100.0%
Ohio:	10.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0

Here:	0.0%
Ohio:	23.4%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Dorset township:

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