Harrison township, Champaign County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 24.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 823 (all rural)
| Males: 404 |  (49.1%) |
| Females: 419 |  (50.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 823 (697 owner occupied, 126 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 15% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Harrison township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.2%
- Black: 1.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
Median age of males: 34.5
Median age of females: 33.9
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Average household size: 2.81
| Harrison township: | 2.8 people |
| Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.07
| Harrison township: | $49,306 |
| Ohio: | $48,081 |
| Here: | $521 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $120,980 (it was $94,800 in 2000)
| : | $120,980 |
| Ohio: | $127,000 |
| Population density: 34 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 6.4% |
| Whole state: | 10.6% |
| This township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Harrison township include: Wesley Chapel (A), First United Presbyterian Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Salem Cemetery (1), Calland Cemetery (2), Sullivans Cemetery (3), Craig Cemetery (4), Hewling Cemetery (5), Spring Hills Cemetery (6), Wesley Chapel Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lake: Kenan Pond (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Park in Harrison township: Siegenthaler-Kaestner Esker State Nature Preserve (1). Display/hide its location on the map
68% of Harrison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 94% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 737
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 26
- South: 89
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 277
- Two: 8
- Mobile homes: 36
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Harrison township with a mortgage: 148 (36 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 26
- Transportation equipment (33%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (23%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harrison township:
- German (33.7%)
- United States or American (27.5%)
- Irish (10.5%)
- English (7.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.3%)
- Italian (2.5%)
- Swiss (2.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 461 (89%)
- Carpooled: 32 (6%)
- Walked: 10 (2%)
- Worked at home: 15 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (50%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Wood (10%)
- Utility gas (6%)
99.6% of residents of Harrison township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 852- In family households: 793 (184 male householders, 72 female householders)
203 spouses, 297 children (288 natural, 0 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 59 (5 male householders (0 living alone)), 27 female householders (20 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 104 2-persons, 71 3-persons, 58 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 20 1-person, 12 3-persons,
194 married couples with children.
36 single-parent households (16 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 24
| Here: | 41.4% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |