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Defiance township, Defiance County, OH

13,281 Population
29.9 square miles 444.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Defiance County: 41.1 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,056 ±$1,912 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Defiance County: $35,589 ±$2,142
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,082 ±$9,094 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Defiance County: $73,064 ±$4,002
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.1% ±4.3% (2,111  ±566) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Defiance County: 10.5% † 3,949 (±2% / ±760)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.2 minutes ±2 (113,175  ±14,937) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Defiance County: 19.8 339,620 (±1 / ±19,362)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,644 ±267 Number of households
  • Defiance County: 15,327 ±236
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (13,092  ±52) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Defiance County: 2.5 37,685 (±0 / ±19)
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.5% ±4.1% (154  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Defiance County: 7.3% † 591 (±2.1% / ±173)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,273 ±250 Number of housing units
  • Defiance County: 16,565 ±63
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$136,900 ±$13,094 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Defiance County: $163,200 ±$5,953
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.4% ±3% (1,239  ±393.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Defiance County: 8.5% † 3,238 (±1.6% / ±613.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92% ±5.8% (8,871  ±639) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Defiance County: 92.8% 24,491 (±3.6% / ±960.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.2% ±3.3% (1,946  ±323.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Defiance County: 19% 5,018 (±1.8% / ±470)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1% ±0.9% (133  ±113) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Defiance County: 1% 364
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±1.8% (706  ±188) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Defiance County: 5.9% † 1,747 (±0.9% / ±254)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
706 Total veterans ±188 683 Male ±186 23 Female ±27

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