Marion township, Marion County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (52% naturalized citizens)
Marion township: | 1.5% |
Whole state: | 3.0% |
56% of Marion township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% 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: 36679
- Northeast: 1284
- Midwest: 1515
- South: 4147
- West: 589
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $64,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Marion township, Ohio:
- 4,103 people in state prisons
- 340 people in nursing homes
- 76 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 35 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 15 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 13 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 13 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 8 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 5 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse


Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 13,304
- One, attached: 391
- Two: 1,113
- 3 or 4: 843
- 5 to 9: 727
- 10 to 19: 301
- 20 to 49: 352
- 50 or more: 481
- Mobile homes: 469
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,800
Housing units in Marion township with a mortgage: 6,483 (777 second mortgage, 629 home equity loan, 46 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,560
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marion township:
- United States or American (28.1%)
- German (21.8%)
- English (9.7%)
- Irish (9.0%)
- Italian (3.0%)
- French (except Basque) (1.5%)
- Dutch (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (22%)
- Germany (14%)
- India (11%)
- Philippines (10%)
- Japan (7%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- Romania (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 15,248 (83%)
- Carpooled: 2,118 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 101 (1%)
- Taxi: 68 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 72 (0%)
- Walked: 335 (2%)
- Other means: 143 (1%)
- Worked at home: 199 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (85%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Marion township, Ohio:
- 4,103 people in state prisons
- 340 people in nursing homes
- 76 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 35 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 15 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 13 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 13 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 8 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 5 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
96.3% of residents of Marion township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 34% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 40,516- In family households: 34,061 (8,006 male householders, 3,125 female householders)
8,225 spouses, 11,913 children (10,428 natural, 250 adopted, 1,235 stepchildren), 814 grandchildren, 272 brothers or sisters, 266 parents, 430 other relatives, 1,010 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 6,455 (2,169 male householders (1,705 living alone)), 3,330 female householders (3,014 living alone)), 956 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4,593 (4,485 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,867 2-persons, 2,689 3-persons, 2,105 4-persons, 984 5-persons, 307 6-persons, 179 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 4,719 1-person, 662 2-persons, 86 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
6,131 married couples with children.
3,254 single-parent households (790 men, 2,464 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 247
Here: | 5.0% |
Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 300
Here: | 10.6% |
Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 310
Here: | 23.2% |
Ohio: | 23.4% |