Sharon township, Medina County, Ohio (OH)

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Sharon township, OH map Land area: 26.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 4,244 (1% urban, 99% rural)

Males: 2,149	(50.6%)
Females: 2,095	(49.4%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 4,244 (3,840 owner occupied, 404 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	10%
State:	31%

Races in Sharon township:

White Non-Hispanic: 97.6%
Black: 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.0%
Asian: 0.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 0.7%
Two or more races: 0.4%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 39.6
Median age of females: 39.8

Average houshold size: 2.80
Average family size: 3.12

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Population density: 163 people per square mile

(high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	2.0%
Whole state:	10.6%

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

This township:	1.3%
Whole state:	4.8%

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Churches in Sharon township include: Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church, Southwest Sharon Church.

Cemeteries: Sharon Center Cemetery, Southwest Sharon Cemetery, Mount Zwingli Cemetery.

Reservoir: Osage Lake.

Number of foreign born residents: 196 (81% naturalized citizens)

Sharon township:	4.6%
State:	3.0%

68% of Sharon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Ohio.

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

This state: 3165
Northeast: 300
Midwest: 178
South: 293
West: 97

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500

Sharon township, Ohio satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 1,519
One, attached: 33
Two: 10
3 or 4: 6
10 to 19: 20

Housing units in Sharon township with a mortgage: 831 (84 second mortgage, 242 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 260

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 37
1995 to 1998: 248
1990 to 1994: 157
1980 to 1989: 74
1970 to 1979: 284
1960 to 1969: 204
1950 to 1959: 128
1940 to 1949: 100
1939 or earlier: 356

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

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 0
4 rooms: 24
5 rooms: 129
6 rooms: 374
7 rooms: 268
8 rooms: 152
9 or more rooms: 392

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

1 room: 20
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 0
4 rooms: 10
5 rooms: 48
6 rooms: 60
7 rooms: 11
8 rooms: 18
9 or more rooms: 11

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

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 8
2 bedrooms: 151
3 bedrooms: 696
4 bedrooms: 376
5 or more bedrooms: 108

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sharon township:

no bedroom: 20
1 bedroom: 0
2 bedrooms: 48
3 bedrooms: 66
4 bedrooms: 44
5 or more bedrooms: 0

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

no vehicle: 8
1 vehicle: 140
2 vehicles: 581
3 vehicles: 391
4 vehicles: 130
5 or more vehicles: 89

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

no vehicle: 0
1 vehicle: 88
2 vehicles: 48
3 vehicles: 29
4 vehicles: 13
5 or more vehicles: 0

Most common industries for males:

Construction (11%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
Transportation equipment (7%)
Plastics and rubber products (6%)
Educational services (5%)
Metal and metal products (4%)
Chemicals (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (14%)
Health care (12%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)
Personal and laundry services (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
Engineers (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Customer service representatives (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
Accountants and auditors (3%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Sharon township:

German (19.0%)
English (14.9%)
United States or American (9.9%)
Irish (8.6%)
Italian (8.0%)
Polish (8.0%)
Hungarian (3.9%)

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

United Kingdom (15%)
Canada (15%)
Iraq (8%)
Yugoslavia (7%)
Germany (6%)
Korea (6%)
Turkey (6%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 1,743 (83%)
Carpooled: 169 (8%)
Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
Walked: 38 (2%)
Other means: 17 (1%)
Worked at home: 118 (6%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (63%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
Electricity (11%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
Other fuel (2%)
No fuel used (1%)
Wood (1%)

95.2% of residents of Sharon township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 30% speak English not well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 4,244

In family households: 3,960 (1,051 male householders, 206 female householders)
1,190 spouses, 1,361 children (1,247 natural, 43 adopted, 71 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 46 other relatives, 41 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 284 (177 male householders (172 living alone)), 75 female householders (62 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 539 2-persons, 285 3-persons, 232 4-persons, 138 5-persons, 32 6-persons, 31 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 234 1-person, 11 2-persons, 7 4-persons.

984 married couples with children.
92 single-parent households (29 men, 63 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 67

Here:	13.8%
Ohio:	14.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 43

Here:	14.0%
Ohio:	10.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 44

Here:	32.6%
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)

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