Jackson township, Darke County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (22% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
57% of Jackson 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, 36% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1598
- Northeast: 20
- Midwest: 1134
- South: 222
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $26,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
50 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
49 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 987
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 42
- 3 or 4: 36
- 5 to 9: 83
- 10 to 19: 21
- 20 to 49: 4
- 50 or more: 16
- Mobile homes: 77
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,100
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 335 (46 second mortgage, 27 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 272
- Transportation equipment (17%)
- Construction (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Wood products (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (33.1%)
- United States or American (17.5%)
- English (15.4%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
- Italian (1.6%)
- French (except Basque) (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (78%)
- Germany (10%)
- Philippines (6%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,011 (81%)
- Carpooled: 152 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 36 (3%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 36 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (48%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (3%)
50 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
49 people in nursing homes
96.7% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,970- In family households: 2,527 (669 male householders, 156 female householders)
675 spouses, 893 children (796 natural, 6 adopted, 91 stepchildren), 70 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 51 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 443 (162 male householders (113 living alone)), 173 female householders (155 living alone)), 108 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 98 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 351 2-persons, 190 3-persons, 182 4-persons, 75 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 268 1-person, 52 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 1 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
513 married couples with children.
210 single-parent households (60 men, 150 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |