Van Buren township, Putnam County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (43% naturalized citizens)
Van Buren township: | 1.3% |
Whole state: | 3.0% |
67% of Van Buren township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2596
- Northeast: 82
- Midwest: 114
- South: 212
- West: 40
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $46,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
105 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 920
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 25
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 28
- 10 to 19: 15
- 20 to 49: 45
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 108
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,500
Housing units in Van Buren township with a mortgage: 423 (32 second mortgage, 28 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 317
- Rail transportation (21%)
- Construction (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Health care (21%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (14%)
- Warehousing and storage (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers (10%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Rail and water transportation workers (15%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (11%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (8%)
- Business operations specialists (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Registered nurses (13%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (13%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Occupational and physical therapist assistants and aides (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Van Buren township:
- German (46.2%)
- United States or American (14.0%)
- Irish (4.0%)
- English (3.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (0.8%)
- Scottish (0.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (79%)
- Germany (10%)
- Peru (7%)
- Canada (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,178 (83%)
- Carpooled: 146 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 54 (4%)
- Other means: 18 (1%)
- Worked at home: 10 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (49%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
105 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
87.7% of residents of Van Buren township speak English at home.
11.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,984- In family households: 2,642 (599 male householders, 180 female householders)
585 spouses, 1,096 children (1,028 natural, 23 adopted, 45 stepchildren), 70 grandchildren, 23 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 40 other relatives, 46 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 342 (102 male householders (80 living alone)), 204 female householders (191 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 107 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 308 2-persons, 156 3-persons, 174 4-persons, 78 5-persons, 52 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 271 1-person, 32 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
661 married couples with children.
174 single-parent households (59 men, 115 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 79
Here: | 17.8% |
Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
Here: | 2.9% |
Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 7.4% |
Ohio: | 23.4% |