Blowing Rock township, Watauga County, North Carolina (NC)

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Blowing Rock township, NC map Land area: 19.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 2,858 (all rural)

Males: 1,374	(48.1%)
Females: 1,484	(51.9%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 2,760 (1,997 owner occupied, 763 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	28%
State:	31%

Races in Blowing Rock township:

White Non-Hispanic: 97.5%
Black: 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
Asian: 0.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
Hispanic or Latino: 0.6%
Two or more races: 0.7%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 45.6
Median age of females: 47.4

Average houshold size: 2.09
Average family size: 2.67

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Population density: 147 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	14.0%
Whole state:	12.3%

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

This township:	6.9%
Whole state:	5.5%

Cities in this township include: Blowing Rock.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Churches in Blowing Rock township include: Blue Ridge Church, Boones Fork Baptist Church, Middle Fork Baptist Church, Sandy Flats Baptist Church, Cool Springs Baptist Church.

Cemeteries: Baldwin Cemetery, Cool Springs Cemetery, Cone Cemetery, Frye Cemetery, Woodlawn Cemetery, Moore Cemetery, White Spring Cemetery.

Reservoir: Trout Lake.

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Payne Branch, Penley Branch, Flat Top Branch, Cold Prong, Sumpter Cabin Creek, Aho Branch.

Number of foreign born residents: 7,219 (36% naturalized citizens)

Blowing Rock township:	252.6%
State:	5.3%

51% of Blowing Rock township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in North Carolina.

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

This state: 144054
Northeast: 4465
Midwest: 16377
South: 28516
West: 7625

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $66,400

Blowing Rock 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: 0.3% of all households

People in group quarters in Blowing Rock township, North Carolina

67 people in nursing homes
24 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
2 people in other nonhousehold living situations

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 60,728
One, attached: 1,818
Two: 2,831
3 or 4: 4,566
5 to 9: 5,660
10 to 19: 5,524
20 to 49: 3,210
50 or more: 5,878
Mobile homes: 5,503
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 100

Median worth of mobile homes: $27,300

Housing units in Blowing Rock township with a mortgage: 32,012 (2,489 second mortgage, 2,176 home equity loan, 77 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 13,632

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 1,934
1995 to 1998: 5,769
1990 to 1994: 5,669
1980 to 1989: 16,306
1970 to 1979: 23,529
1960 to 1969: 17,017
1950 to 1959: 11,020
1940 to 1949: 6,849
1939 or earlier: 7,725

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Blowing Rock township, North Carolina:

1 room: 19
2 rooms: 362
3 rooms: 1,469
4 rooms: 4,114
5 rooms: 13,127
6 rooms: 13,992
7 rooms: 8,869
8 rooms: 5,432
9 or more rooms: 5,010

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Blowing Rock township, North Carolina:

1 room: 1,350
2 rooms: 3,608
3 rooms: 7,368
4 rooms: 10,331
5 rooms: 6,684
6 rooms: 3,520
7 rooms: 1,239
8 rooms: 518
9 or more rooms: 348

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Blowing Rock township:

no bedroom: 55
1 bedroom: 1,204
2 bedrooms: 9,973
3 bedrooms: 30,135
4 bedrooms: 9,507
5 or more bedrooms: 1,520

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Blowing Rock township:

no bedroom: 1,632
1 bedroom: 10,642
2 bedrooms: 14,470
3 bedrooms: 7,157
4 bedrooms: 919
5 or more bedrooms: 146

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

no vehicle: 2,320
1 vehicle: 16,942
2 vehicles: 24,451
3 vehicles: 6,806
4 vehicles: 1,454
5 or more vehicles: 421

Cars and other vehicles available in Blowing Rock township in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 5,591
1 vehicle: 19,514
2 vehicles: 8,396
3 vehicles: 1,185
4 vehicles: 123
5 or more vehicles: 157

Most common industries for males:

Construction (9%)
Health care (8%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
Public administration (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Educational services (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (21%)
Educational services (12%)
Public administration (7%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
Computer specialists (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Registered nurses (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Health technologists and technicians (3%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Blowing Rock township:

United States or American (11.0%)
English (8.5%)
German (7.9%)
Irish (6.3%)
Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
Scottish (1.8%)
African (1.7%)

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

Mexico (25%)
India (8%)
United Kingdom (7%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
Philippines (4%)
Nigeria (4%)
Vietnam (3%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 80,740 (81%)
Carpooled: 12,606 (13%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,374 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 22 (0%)
Railroad: 9 (0%)
Taxi: 272 (0%)
Motorcycle: 95 (0%)
Bicycle: 143 (0%)
Walked: 1,486 (1%)
Other means: 508 (1%)
Worked at home: 2,210 (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (64%)
Electricity (33%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
Wood (1%)

People in group quarters in Blowing Rock township, North Carolina

67 people in nursing homes
24 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
2 people in other nonhousehold living situations

94.2% of residents of Blowing Rock township speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).

Household type by relationship

Households: 203,422

In family households: 164,816 (37,404 male householders, 16,892 female householders)
38,662 spouses, 57,006 children (52,100 natural, 1,457 adopted, 3,449 stepchildren), 4,857 grandchildren, 2,230 brothers or sisters, 1,373 parents, 3,034 other relatives, 3,358 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 38,606 (14,606 male householders (11,923 living alone)), 18,523 female householders (16,541 living alone)), 5,477 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 6,002 (3,949 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 24,235 2-persons, 13,171 3-persons, 10,043 4-persons, 4,344 5-persons, 1,744 6-persons, 759 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 28,464 1-person, 4,147 2-persons, 390 3-persons, 77 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 27 6-persons.

377 married couples with children.
77 single-parent households (27 men, 50 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5,007

Here:	21.9%
North Carolina:	8.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2,453

Here:	20.4%
North Carolina:	6.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,594

Here:	16.0%
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)

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