Avery Creek township, Buncombe County, North Carolina (NC)

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Avery Creek township, NC map Land area: 28.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.3 sq. mi.
Population: 5,507 (71% urban, 29% rural)

Males: 2,703	(49.1%)
Females: 2,804	(50.9%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 5,506 (4,497 owner occupied, 1,009 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	18%
State:	31%

Races in Avery Creek township:

White Non-Hispanic: 95.2%
Black: 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
Asian: 0.5%
Two or more races: 0.6%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 39.8
Median age of females: 41.0

Average houshold size: 2.38
Average family size: 2.86

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Population density: 190 people per square mile

(high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	8.9%
Whole state:	12.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	3.7%
Whole state:	5.5%

Cities in this township include: Avery Creek, Bent Creek.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Churches in Avery Creek township include: Bent Creek Church, Oak Grove Church.

Cemetery: Long Shoals Cemetery.

Reservoirs: Camp Deer Lake, Lake Powhatan, Dubose Lake, Lake Coma, Roberts Lake.

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Orton Branch, Ledford Branch, Ducker Creek, Rich Branch, Creasman Branch, Rocky Branch, Clayton Creek, Spain Branch, Boyd Branch.

Number of foreign born residents: 100 (54% naturalized citizens)

Avery Creek township:	1.8%
State:	5.3%

62% of Avery Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in North Carolina.

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

This state: 3593
Northeast: 306
Midwest: 351
South: 1080
West: 72

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $97,500

Avery Creek township, North Carolina satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 1,679
One, attached: 66
Two: 33
3 or 4: 17
5 to 9: 30
Mobile homes: 693

Median worth of mobile homes: $32,200

Housing units in Avery Creek township with a mortgage: 885 (71 second mortgage, 198 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 330

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 53
1995 to 1998: 283
1990 to 1994: 363
1980 to 1989: 389
1970 to 1979: 642
1960 to 1969: 481
1950 to 1959: 159
1940 to 1949: 83
1939 or earlier: 65

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Avery Creek township, North Carolina:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 40
3 rooms: 58
4 rooms: 274
5 rooms: 292
6 rooms: 525
7 rooms: 377
8 rooms: 165
9 or more rooms: 111

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Avery Creek township, North Carolina:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 29
3 rooms: 17
4 rooms: 199
5 rooms: 58
6 rooms: 93
7 rooms: 52
8 rooms: 18
9 or more rooms: 11

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Avery Creek township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 65
2 bedrooms: 346
3 bedrooms: 1,140
4 bedrooms: 248
5 or more bedrooms: 43

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Avery Creek township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 38
2 bedrooms: 257
3 bedrooms: 144
4 bedrooms: 38
5 or more bedrooms: 0

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

no vehicle: 29
1 vehicle: 471
2 vehicles: 844
3 vehicles: 370
4 vehicles: 102
5 or more vehicles: 26

Cars and other vehicles available in Avery Creek township in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 59
1 vehicle: 244
2 vehicles: 165
3 vehicles: 0
4 vehicles: 9
5 or more vehicles: 0

Most common industries for males:

Construction (16%)
Health care (8%)
Transportation equipment (5%)
Plastics and rubber products (5%)
Public administration (4%)
Metal and metal products (4%)
Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (23%)
Educational services (12%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Public administration (4%)
Finance and insurance (4%)
Transportation equipment (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
Carpenters (3%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Registered nurses (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Avery Creek township:

United States or American (26.6%)
English (17.2%)
German (13.0%)
Irish (7.8%)
Scotch-Irish (6.9%)
Scottish (5.3%)
French (except Basque) (2.3%)

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

United Kingdom (30%)
Mexico (24%)
Canada (11%)
Germany (10%)
Netherlands (9%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
Japan (8%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 2,722 (91%)
Carpooled: 207 (7%)
Other means: 8 (0%)
Worked at home: 68 (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Electricity (38%)
Utility gas (33%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
Wood (4%)

98.0% of residents of Avery Creek township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 5,548

In family households: 4,677 (1,298 male householders, 272 female householders)
1,315 spouses, 1,479 children (1,333 natural, 68 adopted, 78 stepchildren), 96 grandchildren, 21 brothers or sisters, 29 parents, 48 other relatives, 119 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 871 (221 male householders (195 living alone)), 516 female householders (423 living alone)), 134 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 739 2-persons, 379 3-persons, 321 4-persons, 81 5-persons, 42 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 618 1-person, 106 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 3 5-persons.

904 married couples with children.
216 single-parent households (55 men, 161 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 70

Here:	12.0%
North Carolina:	8.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 44

Here:	14.2%
North Carolina:	6.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13

Here:	6.9%
North Carolina:	20.2%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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

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