Mount Orab, Ohio Mount Orab, Ohio Location of Mount Orab, Ohio Location of Mount Orab, Ohio Location of Mount Orab in Brown County Location of Mount Orab in Brown County Mount Orab is a village in Brown County, Ohio, United States.
Mount Orab was laid out in 1850. The village's name most likely is derived from Mount Horeb, a place in the Hebrew Bible. Mount Orab is positioned at 39 1 47 N 83 55 30 W (39.029613, -83.924918). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the village has a total region of 8.89 square miles (23.02 km2), all land. There were 1,473 housing units at an average density of 165.7 per square mile (64.0/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the village was 97.7% White, 0.7% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.2% from other competitions, and 0.7% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,381 homeholds of which 41.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 50.8% were married couples living together, 17.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.4% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 26.6% were non-families.
22.8% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.08.
The median age in the village was 33.7 years.
29.7% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.9% were from 25 to 44; 22.7% were from 45 to 64; and 11.6% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 932 housing units at an average density of 245.5 per square mile (94.7/km ).
There were 879 homeholds out of which 40.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were married couples living together, 16.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 27.3% were non-families.
23.4% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.05.
In the village, the populace was spread out with 30.8% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 17.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the village was $33,798, and the median income for a family was $42,938.
About 12.5% of families and 14.6% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 20.2% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.
A 1942 photograph in the Library of Congress, long thought to be a picture of another small Ohio town (Mount Gilead), was recently identified as Mount Orab by sharp-eyed observers on the Shorpy.com website.
The History of Brown County, Ohio.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Municipalities and communities of Brown County, Ohio, United States
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Villages in Brown County, Ohio - 1850 establishments in Ohio
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