Franklin township, Adams County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 54.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,167 (all rural)
| Males: 593 |  (50.8%) |
| Females: 574 |  (49.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,158 (937 owner occupied, 221 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 19% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Franklin township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 1.4%
Median age of males: 36.6
Median age of females: 37.3
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Average household size: 2.72
| Franklin township: | 2.7 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.07
| Franklin township: | $37,121 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $374 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $90,201 (it was $65,100 in 2000)
| : | $90,201 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
| Population density: 22 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 13.9% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 7.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Franklin Township Fire Department (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Franklin township include: Burns Chapel (A), Conaway Chapel (B), Locust Grove Wesleyan Church (C), Union Hill Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Jaybird Cemetery (1), Locust Grove Cemetery (2), Newman Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Jaybird Branch (A), Cedar Fork (B), Bull Run (C), Big Run (D), Bettys Creek (E), Straight Fork (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
68% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 900
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 10
- South: 234
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 321
- Mobile homes: 145
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,300
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 99 (12 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 55
- Construction (23%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Radio, TV, and computer stores (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Private households (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (16%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other financial specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- United States or American (39.0%)
- German (24.9%)
- Irish (12.9%)
- English (8.2%)
- European (2.6%)
- Swedish (2.0%)
- Dutch (0.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 298 (75%)
- Carpooled: 83 (21%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 11 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Wood (16%)
- No fuel used (1%)
9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.0% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (40% speak English well, 60% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,160- In family households: 1,032 (282 male householders, 34 female householders)
279 spouses, 358 children (327 natural, 5 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 0 other relatives, 54 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 128 (67 male householders (49 living alone)), 45 female householders (45 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 13 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 138 2-persons, 44 3-persons, 78 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 29 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 94 1-person, 18 2-persons,
231 married couples with children.
58 single-parent households (20 men, 38 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 40
| Here: | 20.7% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |