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Jefferson township, Mercer County, OH

13,786 Population
33.7 square miles 409.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 39.4 ±0.8
  • a little 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

$36,041 ±$3,440 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Mercer County: $35,761 ±$1,638
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,128 ±$11,350 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $76,782 ±$4,484
  • about the same as the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.5% ±3.3% (1,548  ±442) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mercer County: 7.3% † 3,038 (±1.3% / ±550)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.6 minutes ±2 (125,950  ±15,952) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 18.5 377,885 (±0.8 / ±20,343)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,730 ±238 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 16,408 ±243
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (13,562  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 2.6 41,943 (±0 / ±9)
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±3.5% (178  ±98) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 7.6% † 646 (±1.8% / ±154)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,316 ±233 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 18,103 ±52
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$170,400 ±$9,226 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $210,600 ±$9,217
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.8% ±3% (1,613  ±410.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 10.1% † 4,203 (±1.9% / ±801.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.9% ±6% (9,109  ±634.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 95.2% 26,887 (±3.4% / ±974.1)
  • a little higher than 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)
21.3% ±3.5% (2,048  ±343.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mercer County: 21.9% 6,198 (±1.9% / ±544.9)
  • 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

2.4% ±2.1% (332  ±295) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mercer County: 1.7% 738
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±1.9% (784  ±207) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mercer County: 5.3% † 1,688 (±0.8% / ±261)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
784 Total veterans ±207 736 Male ±214 48 Female ±38

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