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Wells township, Jefferson County, OH

2,310 Population
26.8 square miles 86.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.3 ±6.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 44.2 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$29,803 ±$5,648 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Jefferson County: $31,646 ±$1,132
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $39,455 ±$153
$52,917 ±$13,102 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $56,983 ±$2,537
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $69,680 ±$287

15.8% ±9.5% (364  ±225) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 16.9% 10,603 (±1.6% / ±997)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 13.2% 1,519,610 (±0.2% / ±19,289)

25.8 minutes ±9.3 (25,220  ±6,050) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 23.5 604,705 (±0.6 / ±26,391)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 23.6 116,848,390 (±0.1 / ±534,046)

Families

984 ±174 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 27,127 ±382
  • Ohio: 4,829,571 ±8,204
2.4 ±0.5 (2,310  ±333) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson County: 2.3 62,480 (±0 / ±59)
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,487,883

3.9% ±4.2% (19  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson County: 4.1% † 553 (±1.2% / ±168)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,745 (±0.1% / ±3,112)

Housing

1,238 ±183 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 31,118 ±58
  • Ohio: 5,271,573 ±770

$88,700 ±$24,993 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jefferson County: $120,600 ±$3,512
  • about half the amount in Ohio: $199,200 ±$485

10% ±5.9% (228  ±139.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 9.9% † 6,383 (±1.1% / ±729.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 12.4% 1,448,007 (±0.2% / ±16,933.5)

Social

94.4% ±23% (1,563  ±267.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 92.9% 42,776 (±2.7% / ±1,225.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 91.6% 7,442,790 (±0.3% / ±21,127)
13.1% ±5.1% (216  ±92.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jefferson County: 20.6% 9,468 (±1.5% / ±678.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 31% 2,514,129 (±0.2% / ±13,218.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.4% ±0.7% (9  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Jefferson County: 1.3% 810
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Ohio: 5% 593,142

4.8% ±2.4% (92  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jefferson County: 7.7% 4,017 (±0.7% / ±388)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 626,617 (±0.1% / ±5,437)
92 Total veterans ±49 81 Male ±48 11 Female ±18

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