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Arcadia township, Davidson County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 2 (44% naturalized citizens)

Arcadia township:

1.8%
Whole state:

5.3%

61% of Arcadia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in North Carolina.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 6011
  • Northeast: 441
  • Midwest: 537
  • South: 1230
  • West: 137

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $133,000


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Arcadia township, NC map Arcadia township, North Carolina satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $23,800


Housing units in Arcadia township with a mortgage: 1,900 (158 second mortgage, 499 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 555

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 103
  • 1995 to 1998: 596
  • 1990 to 1994: 461
  • 1980 to 1989: 755
  • 1970 to 1979: 741
  • 1960 to 1969: 332
  • 1950 to 1959: 114
  • 1940 to 1949: 50
  • 1939 or earlier: 113

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Arcadia township, North Carolina:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 28
  • 4 rooms: 183
  • 5 rooms: 772
  • 6 rooms: 821
  • 7 rooms: 543
  • 8 rooms: 337
  • 9 or more rooms: 222

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Arcadia township, North Carolina:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 35
  • 4 rooms: 99
  • 5 rooms: 58
  • 6 rooms: 22
  • 7 rooms: 6
  • 8 rooms: 33
  • 9 or more rooms: 7

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Arcadia township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 27
  • 2 bedrooms: 325
  • 3 bedrooms: 2,185
  • 4 bedrooms: 369
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Arcadia township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 18
  • 2 bedrooms: 168
  • 3 bedrooms: 44
  • 4 bedrooms: 23
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 7

Cars and other vehicles available in Arcadia township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 74
  • 1 vehicle: 386
  • 2 vehicles: 1,366
  • 3 vehicles: 815
  • 4 vehicles: 213
  • 5 or more vehicles: 52

Cars and other vehicles available in Arcadia township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 24
  • 1 vehicle: 103
  • 2 vehicles: 95
  • 3 vehicles: 38
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (9%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
  • Truck transportation (6%)
  • Beverage and tobacco products (5%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Repair and maintenance (4%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (22%)
  • Finance and insurance (15%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (4%)
  • Social assistance (3%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (2%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
  • Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Registered nurses (9%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Customer service representatives (3%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Arcadia township:

  • United States or American (22.6%)
  • German (19.3%)
  • English (14.1%)
  • Irish (10.3%)
  • Scotch-Irish (5.6%)
  • European (3.2%)
  • Scottish (2.3%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Egypt (31%)
  • United Kingdom (31%)
  • Germany (11%)
  • Other Western Africa (8%)
  • France (6%)
  • Italy (6%)
  • Honduras (6%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Electricity (75%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
  • Wood (2%)

96.7% of residents of Arcadia township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 8,559

Size of family households: 1,064 2-persons, 743 3-persons, 557 4-persons, 190 5-persons, 51 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 504 1-person, 70 2-persons,

1,918 married couples with children.
256 single-parent households (85 men, 171 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 86
Here:

8.5%
North Carolina:

8.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 67
Here:

11.2%
North Carolina:

6.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 35
Here:

16.7%
North Carolina:

20.2%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Arcadia township:

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