Mississinawa township, Darke County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (58% naturalized citizens)
| Mississinawa township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
68% of Mississinawa township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1281
- Northeast: 44
- Midwest: 47
- South: 91
- West: 18
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 493
- One, attached: 5
- Mobile homes: 30
Median worth of mobile homes: $77,000
Housing units in Mississinawa township with a mortgage: 146 (10 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 60
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (29%)
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (17%)
- Food (10%)
- Plastics and rubber products (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (22%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Registered nurses (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mississinawa township:
- German (19.9%)
- English (19.8%)
- United States or American (18.5%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- Dutch (8.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.6%)
- Polish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (67%)
- Germany (17%)
- Canada (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 571 (79%)
- Carpooled: 73 (10%)
- Walked: 38 (5%)
- Worked at home: 41 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (53%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (25%)
- Wood (14%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Electricity (2%)
98.9% of residents of Mississinawa township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,481- In family households: 1,391 (402 male householders, 35 female householders)
379 spouses, 511 children (457 natural, 22 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 11 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 90 (37 male householders (34 living alone)), 40 female householders (32 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 12 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 184 2-persons, 76 3-persons, 105 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 66 1-person, 9 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
211 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (10 men, 13 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.7% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |