Somerford township, Madison County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (69% naturalized citizens)
Somerford township: | 1.4% |
Whole state: | 3.0% |
47% of Somerford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 22% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5439
- Northeast: 436
- Midwest: 331
- South: 561
- West: 64
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $139,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
4,036 people in state prisons
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,118
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 10
- 10 to 19: 17
- Mobile homes: 10
Housing units in Somerford township with a mortgage: 753 (86 second mortgage, 143 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 125
- Public administration (10%)
- Construction (10%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Somerford township:
- German (21.8%)
- United States or American (10.7%)
- English (10.5%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- African (4.0%)
- Italian (3.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (15%)
- France (14%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Mexico (13%)
- Germany (12%)
- Cuba (11%)
- Philippines (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,434 (88%)
- Carpooled: 100 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (1%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 73 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (34%)
- Utility gas (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
4,036 people in state prisons
93.7% of residents of Somerford township speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,936- In family households: 2,635 (733 male householders, 112 female householders)
776 spouses, 894 children (823 natural, 15 adopted, 56 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 46 other relatives, 54 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 301 (141 male householders (86 living alone)), 65 female householders (65 living alone)), 95 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4,028 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 362 2-persons, 181 3-persons, 219 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 151 1-person, 33 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 13 4-persons,
609 married couples with children.
67 single-parent households (24 men, 43 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 102
Here: | 34.8% |
Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 107
Here: | 20.6% |
Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 181
Here: | 41.5% |
Ohio: | 23.4% |