Franklin township, Portage County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (24% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 3.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
62% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3874
- Northeast: 387
- Midwest: 281
- South: 296
- West: 135
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $183,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
12 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,494
- One, attached: 124
- Two: 90
- 3 or 4: 20
- 5 to 9: 55
- 20 to 49: 16
- 50 or more: 308
- Mobile homes: 135
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,400
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 883 (118 second mortgage, 212 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 404
- Educational services (14%)
- Construction (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Educational services (28%)
- Health care (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- German (25.2%)
- English (10.7%)
- Italian (10.0%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- United States or American (4.2%)
- Polish (4.1%)
- Hungarian (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Taiwan (29%)
- Australia (11%)
- Ukraine (10%)
- Vietnam (10%)
- Other Eastern Europe (6%)
- Germany (5%)
- Canada (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,473 (86%)
- Carpooled: 196 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (0%)
- Bicycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 63 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 114 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
12 people in homes for the mentally ill
94.4% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (23% speak English very well, 47% speak English well, 30% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,155- In family households: 4,033 (1,085 male householders, 240 female householders)
1,182 spouses, 1,334 children (1,296 natural, 0 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 50 other relatives, 90 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,122 (484 male householders (392 living alone)), 344 female householders (247 living alone)), 294 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 16 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 582 2-persons, 263 3-persons, 322 4-persons, 129 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 639 1-person, 142 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 26 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
911 married couples with children.
173 single-parent households (44 men, 129 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 58
| Here: | 10.4% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 21
| Here: | 6.1% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 25
| Here: | 4.6% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |