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Rome township, Lawrence County, OH

8,626 Population
33.7 square miles 256.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±3.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Lawrence County: 41.9 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$39,764 ±$7,764 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lawrence County: $29,610 ±$1,470
  • about the same as the amount in Ohio: $39,455 ±$153
$70,150 ±$7,893 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lawrence County: $54,842 ±$2,357
  • about the same as the amount in Ohio: $69,680 ±$287

13% ±4.5% (1,111  ±381) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lawrence County: 17.5% † 9,902 (±1.8% / ±1,033)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 13.2% 1,519,610 (±0.2% / ±19,289)

21.6 minutes ±0.9 (77,065  ±8,901) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lawrence County: 22.1 493,545 (±1 / ±26,105)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.6 116,848,390 (±0.1 / ±534,046)

Families

3,524 ±216 Number of households
  • Lawrence County: 22,501 ±434
  • Ohio: 4,829,571 ±8,204
2.4 ±0.2 (8,615  ±19) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lawrence County: 2.5 56,751 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,487,883

2.7% ±4.2% (48  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lawrence County: 4.2% † 523 (±1.4% / ±167)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,745 (±0.1% / ±3,112)

Housing

3,903 ±246 Number of housing units
  • Lawrence County: 26,538 ±35
  • Ohio: 5,271,573 ±770

$183,000 ±$16,839 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Lawrence County: $135,600 ±$6,848
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $199,200 ±$485

8.7% ±3.3% (742  ±281.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lawrence County: 9.9% † 5,657 (±1.4% / ±800.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 12.4% 1,448,007 (±0.2% / ±16,933.5)

Social

95% ±8.3% (6,058  ±594.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 90% 36,540 (±3.4% / ±1,373.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 91.6% 7,442,790 (±0.3% / ±21,127)
22.4% ±4.5% (1,431  ±291.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 18.6% 7,540 (±1.5% / ±622.6)
  • about three-quarters 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

1.5% ±1% (126  ±89) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Lawrence County: 0.7% 423
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ohio: 5% 593,142

11.9% ±3% (797  ±205) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lawrence County: 7.9% † 3,532 (±0.8% / ±375)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 626,617 (±0.1% / ±5,437)
797 Total veterans ±205 791 Male ±203 6 Female ±9

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