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Rootstown township, Portage County, OH

8,658 Population
26.4 square miles 327.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±3.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Portage County: 39.6 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2

Economics

$43,765 ±$3,374 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Portage County: $40,483 ±$1,177
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
$89,185 ±$12,909 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Portage County: $75,766 ±$3,140
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321

7% ±2.1% (609  ±177) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Portage County: 11.7% 18,068 (±1% / ±1,561)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)

27.1 minutes ±3.2 (106,525  ±8,455) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Portage County: 24.8 1,711,780 (±0.5 / ±50,830)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)

Families

3,452 ±181 Number of households
  • Portage County: 65,249 ±582
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
2.5 ±0.1 (8,657  ±20) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Portage County: 2.4 154,784 (±0 / ±337)
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651

2% ±1.7% (40  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Portage County: 3.7% † 1,457 (±0.9% / ±353)
  • about one-third of the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)

Housing

3,634 ±179 Number of housing units
  • Portage County: 71,325 ±158
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464

$258,500 ±$19,031 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Portage County: $227,000 ±$5,189
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742

10% ±4% (861  ±348.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Portage County: 13% 20,936 (±1% / ±1,662.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)

Social

94.6% ±7.2% (5,810  ±490.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Portage County: 92.9% 100,735 (±2.2% / ±2,460.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
30.8% ±4.2% (1,894  ±265.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Portage County: 32.5% 35,235 (±1.3% / ±1,417.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)

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

1.8% ±0.9% (155  ±76) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Portage County: 3.7% 5,965
  • about one-third of the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102

7.8% ±2.3% (541  ±161) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Portage County: 6.2% 8,134 (±0.5% / ±651)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
541 Total veterans ±161 447 Male ±137 94 Female ±73

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