Rarden township, Scioto County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 31.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,122 (all rural)
Males: 566 | (50.4%) |
Females: 556 | (49.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,122 (852 owner occupied, 270 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 24% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Rarden township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 94.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.8%
- Two or more races: 2.1%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 31.7
Median age of females: 32.3
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Average household size: 2.64
Rarden township: | 2.6 people |
Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.20
Rarden township: | $37,351 |
Ohio: | $48,081 |
Here: | $389 |
State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $90,600 (it was $59,900 in 2000)
: | $90,600 |
Ohio: | $127,000 |
Population density: 35 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 10.2% |
Whole state: | 10.6% |
This township: | 1.8% |
Whole state: | 4.8% |
Cities in this township include: Rarden.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Rarden township include: Copasville Church (A), Dunlap Church (B), Harmon-salt Creek Church (C), Hoffer Hill Church (D), Old Hoffer Hill Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Hoffer Hill Cemetery (1), Mount Joy Cemetery (2), Up Cemetery (3), Harmon Cemetery (4), Mustard Cemetery (5), Old Hackworth Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Mullen Run (A), Laurel Fork (B), Kizzie Run (C), Jessie Run (D), Dunlap Creek (E), Dry Fork (F), Abe Run (G), Rarden Creek (H), Up Run (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
61% of Rarden township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1037
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 28
- South: 61
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 289
- Mobile homes: 195
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,900
Housing units in Rarden township with a mortgage: 73 (15 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 58
- Construction (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rarden township:
- United States or American (40.1%)
- German (15.4%)
- Irish (12.1%)
- English (6.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
- Italian (1.8%)
- Swedish (1.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 314 (76%)
- Carpooled: 78 (19%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 5 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (50%)
- Electricity (31%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (1%)
98.0% of residents of Rarden township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,140- In family households: 1,015 (230 male householders, 69 female householders)
252 spouses, 392 children (358 natural, 0 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 19 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 125 (75 male householders (56 living alone)), 28 female householders (26 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 95 2-persons, 92 3-persons, 75 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 82 1-person, 21 2-persons,
217 married couples with children.
88 single-parent households (24 men, 64 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
Here: | 3.1% |
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: 7
Here: | 17.5% |
Ohio: | 23.4% |