Sugar Creek township, Wayne County, Ohio (OH)

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Sugar Creek township, OH map Land area: 37.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 6,502 (all rural)

Males: 3,196	(49.2%)
Females: 3,306	(50.8%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 6,382 (5,424 owner occupied, 958 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	15%
State:	31%

Races in Sugar Creek township:

White Non-Hispanic: 97.6%
Black: 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Asian: 0.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 0.7%
Two or more races: 0.6%
Some other race: 0.2%

Median age of males: 35.5
Median age of females: 35.9

Average houshold size: 2.97
Average family size: 3.36

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Population density: 174 people per square mile

(high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	6.2%
Whole state:	10.6%

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

This township:	2.6%
Whole state:	4.8%

Cities in this township include: Dalton.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Notable location: Kidron Station.

Churches in Sugar Creek township include: Bethel Mennonite Church, Pleasant Valley Church, Salem Mennonite Church, Sonnenberg Mennonite Church.

Cemeteries: Arnold Cemetery, Bethel Mennonite Cemetery, Sugar Creek Township Cemetery, Salem Mennonite Cemetery, Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Kidron Mennonite Cemetery, Sonnenberg Mennonite Cemetery.

Reservoir: Harmony Lake.

Number of foreign born residents: 49 (51% naturalized citizens)

Sugar Creek township:	0.8%
State:	3.0%

63% of Sugar Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Ohio.

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

This state: 5619
Northeast: 144
Midwest: 244
South: 337
West: 44

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000

Sugar Creek township, Ohio satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%

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

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

120 people in nursing homes

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 1,740
One, attached: 40
Two: 66
3 or 4: 58
5 to 9: 44
Mobile homes: 267

Median worth of mobile homes: $20,400

Housing units in Sugar Creek township with a mortgage: 790 (49 second mortgage, 139 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 523

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 66
1995 to 1998: 247
1990 to 1994: 191
1980 to 1989: 233
1970 to 1979: 401
1960 to 1969: 235
1950 to 1959: 212
1940 to 1949: 101
1939 or earlier: 529

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Sugar Creek township, Ohio:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 45
4 rooms: 149
5 rooms: 348
6 rooms: 399
7 rooms: 353
8 rooms: 267
9 or more rooms: 219

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sugar Creek township, Ohio:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 11
3 rooms: 34
4 rooms: 129
5 rooms: 77
6 rooms: 52
7 rooms: 27
8 rooms: 15
9 or more rooms: 21

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Sugar Creek township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 23
2 bedrooms: 374
3 bedrooms: 1,016
4 bedrooms: 272
5 or more bedrooms: 95

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sugar Creek township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 55
2 bedrooms: 179
3 bedrooms: 100
4 bedrooms: 20
5 or more bedrooms: 12

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

no vehicle: 142
1 vehicle: 315
2 vehicles: 777
3 vehicles: 398
4 vehicles: 119
5 or more vehicles: 29

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

no vehicle: 18
1 vehicle: 140
2 vehicles: 137
3 vehicles: 45
4 vehicles: 20
5 or more vehicles: 6

Most common industries for males:

Construction (12%)
Metal and metal products (11%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
Food (7%)
Transportation equipment (5%)
Truck transportation (5%)
Educational services (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (14%)
Accommodation and food services (13%)
Educational services (12%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
Food (6%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)
Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Carpenters (5%)
Farmers and farm managers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Waiters and waitresses (6%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Registered nurses (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Cashiers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Sugar Creek township:

German (33.5%)
Swiss (20.8%)
United States or American (13.0%)
Irish (8.2%)
English (5.2%)
Italian (3.1%)
Dutch (1.7%)

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

Germany (31%)
Canada (18%)
Austria (16%)
Yugoslavia (10%)
Philippines (10%)
Guatemala (10%)
United Kingdom (4%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 2,474 (78%)
Carpooled: 311 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
Taxi: 2 (0%)
Bicycle: 8 (0%)
Walked: 142 (4%)
Other means: 21 (1%)
Worked at home: 214 (7%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (59%)
Electricity (16%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
Wood (6%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)

120 people in nursing homes

86.9% of residents of Sugar Creek township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
12.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (20% speak English very well, 80% speak English well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 6,383

In family households: 5,897 (1,495 male householders, 261 female householders)
1,559 spouses, 2,359 children (2,208 natural, 45 adopted, 106 stepchildren), 33 grandchildren, 55 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 59 other relatives, 58 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 486 (214 male householders (177 living alone)), 198 female householders (176 living alone)), 74 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 119 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 710 2-persons, 345 3-persons, 335 4-persons, 195 5-persons, 106 6-persons, 65 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 353 1-person, 48 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 4 4-persons.

1,727 married couples with children.
165 single-parent households (40 men, 125 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 208

Here:	23.4%
Ohio:	14.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 73

Here:	18.5%
Ohio:	10.9%

Students in private undegraduate colleges: 34

Here:	25.6%
Ohio:	23.4%

Educational Attainment

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