Clark township, Holmes County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 34.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 3,728 (all rural)
| Males: 1,810 |  (48.6%) |
| Females: 1,918 |  (51.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 3,650 (3,053 owner occupied, 597 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 16% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Clark township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.0%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.0%
- Asian: 0.0%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 21.9
Median age of females: 22.2
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Average household size: 4.30
| Clark township: | 4.3 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 4.66
| Clark township: | $47,561 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $415 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $147,002 (it was $114,800 in 2000)
| : | $147,002 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
| Population density: 108 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 15.0% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 6.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Clark township: Zion United Church of Christ (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Beachy Cemetery (1), Hershberger Cemetery (2), Albert Scrock Farm Cemetery (3), Delbert Shetler Farm Cemetery (4), Farmerstown Cemetery (5), Fisher Cemetery (6), John B Yoder Farm Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lake: Farmerstown Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Brush Run (A), Cattail Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
77% of Clark township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 86% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3612
- Northeast: 27
- Midwest: 6
- South: 39
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.1%
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
77 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 693
- One, attached: 44
- Two: 55
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 47
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,800
Housing units in Clark township with a mortgage: 160 (6 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 181
- Construction (16%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Clark township:
- United States or American (39.9%)
- German (34.7%)
- Swiss (15.0%)
- Pennsylvania German (7.3%)
- English (1.1%)
- Dutch (1.0%)
- Irish (0.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 231 (17%)
- Carpooled: 584 (42%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (1%)
- Taxi: 10 (1%)
- Bicycle: 52 (4%)
- Walked: 195 (14%)
- Worked at home: 298 (22%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (70%)
- Wood (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Electricity (2%)
77 people in nursing homes
25.1% of residents of Clark township speak English at home.
74.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (33% speak English very well, 59% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,611- In family households: 3,512 (739 male householders, 25 female householders)
737 spouses, 1,917 children (1,895 natural, 15 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 57 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 15 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 99 (47 male householders (37 living alone)), 46 female householders (46 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 78 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 169 2-persons, 138 3-persons, 105 4-persons, 98 5-persons, 80 6-persons, 174 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 83 1-person, 10 2-persons,
1,565 married couples with children.
26 single-parent households (9 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 306
| Here: | 45.9% |
| 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% |