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Paxton township, Ross County, OH

1,827 Population
31.8 square miles 57.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ross County: 41.1 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,125 ±$3,893 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ross County: $32,544 ±$1,318
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,893 ±$22,531 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ross County: $61,303 ±$2,761
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.6% ±6.9% (328  ±142) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ross County: 15.7% † 11,171 (±2% / ±1,403)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.4 minutes ±1.9 (17,275  ±5,323) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ross County: 26.4 784,120 (±1.3 / ±45,509)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

775 ±165 Number of households
  • Ross County: 29,808 ±434
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (1,767  ±388) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Ross County: 2.4 71,153 (±0 / ±132)
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12.5% ±10.1% (46  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Ross County: 4.3% † 662 (±1.4% / ±211)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

837 ±160 Number of housing units
  • Ross County: 32,092 ±93
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$157,800 ±$40,811 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ross County: $171,500 ±$5,812
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.7% ±3.6% (120  ±68.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Ross County: 12.1% † 9,198 (±1.5% / ±1,171)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.5% ±24.7% (1,136  ±218.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ross County: 89% 48,619 (±2.9% / ±1,610.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.1% ±6.8% (238  ±102.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ross County: 17.4% 9,501 (±1.3% / ±702.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about half 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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.9% ±3.4% (87  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ross County: 7.8% † 4,718 (±0.8% / ±469)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
87 Total veterans ±53 79 Male ±54 8 Female ±8

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