Canton township, Stark County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (73% naturalized citizens)
Canton township: | 1.2% |
Whole state: | 3.0% |
70% of Canton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 87% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 11641
- Northeast: 479
- Midwest: 217
- South: 1171
- West: 117
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $51,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Canton township, Ohio:
- 90 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,848
- One, attached: 210
- Two: 297
- 3 or 4: 127
- 5 to 9: 81
- 10 to 19: 33
- Mobile homes: 170
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Canton township with a mortgage: 2,653 (256 second mortgage, 430 home equity loan, 42 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,568
- Metal and metal products (22%)
- Construction (14%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (22%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Canton township:
- German (31.1%)
- United States or American (12.5%)
- Italian (10.3%)
- English (9.4%)
- Irish (7.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.8%)
- Polish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (25%)
- Germany (15%)
- Philippines (11%)
- Austria (7%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Korea (6%)
- Hungary (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,624 (90%)
- Carpooled: 328 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 52 (1%)
- Bicycle: 15 (0%)
- Walked: 64 (1%)
- Other means: 22 (0%)
- Worked at home: 122 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
People in group quarters in Canton township, Ohio:
- 90 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.5% of residents of Canton township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (32% speak English very well, 45% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,723- In family households: 12,024 (3,279 male householders, 775 female householders)
3,259 spouses, 3,867 children (3,536 natural, 119 adopted, 212 stepchildren), 242 grandchildren, 79 brothers or sisters, 94 parents, 164 other relatives, 265 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,699 (605 male householders (490 living alone)), 889 female householders (812 living alone)), 205 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 97 (89 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,954 2-persons, 915 3-persons, 703 4-persons, 336 5-persons, 98 6-persons, 48 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,302 1-person, 180 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 8 5-persons,
2,178 married couples with children.
503 single-parent households (163 men, 340 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 80
Here: | 5.3% |
Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 35
Here: | 4.2% |
Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 25
Here: | 6.0% |
Ohio: | 23.4% |