Canaan township, Athens County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (34% naturalized citizens)
Canaan township: | 4.8% |
Whole state: | 3.0% |
58% of Canaan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1236
- Northeast: 100
- Midwest: 150
- South: 152
- West: 48
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $46,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 509
- Two: 20
- 3 or 4: 35
- 5 to 9: 19
- 10 to 19: 27
- 20 to 49: 6
- Mobile homes: 168
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,500
Housing units in Canaan township with a mortgage: 92 (0 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 87
- Educational services (38%)
- Construction (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Food (3%)
- Educational services (33%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Printing and related support activities (3%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Postsecondary teachers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Canaan township:
- German (21.6%)
- United States or American (12.8%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- English (10.8%)
- Italian (8.5%)
- Polish (5.6%)
- Scottish (5.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Indonesia (41%)
- Other South Central Asia (20%)
- Vietnam (12%)
- Ireland (11%)
- Israel (6%)
- Canada (6%)
- India (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 654 (79%)
- Carpooled: 90 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (1%)
- Bicycle: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 25 (3%)
- Worked at home: 44 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (49%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Other fuel (2%)
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
93.7% of residents of Canaan township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
2.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,767- In family households: 1,448 (364 male householders, 106 female householders)
358 spouses, 538 children (518 natural, 7 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 22 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 319 (126 male householders (97 living alone)), 119 female householders (94 living alone)), 74 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 184 2-persons, 147 3-persons, 82 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 191 1-person, 42 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
272 married couples with children.
171 single-parent households (43 men, 128 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
Here: | 10.2% |
Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 4.1% |
Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18
Here: | 9.7% |
Ohio: | 23.4% |