Boone township, Watauga County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (5% naturalized citizens)
| Boone township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
19% of Boone township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 10% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5071
- Northeast: 520
- Midwest: 659
- South: 1766
- West: 271
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Boone township, North Carolina:
- 4,683 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 29 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 22 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 6 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 667
- One, attached: 41
- Two: 128
- 3 or 4: 147
- 5 to 9: 244
- 10 to 19: 519
- 20 to 49: 380
- 50 or more: 49
- Mobile homes: 29
Housing units in Boone township with a mortgage: 176 (19 second mortgage, 33 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 202
- Educational services (27%)
- Accommodation and food services (26%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (2%)
- Educational services (36%)
- Accommodation and food services (19%)
- Health care (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (15%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (10%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Boone township:
- German (15.7%)
- English (12.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (11.3%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- United States or American (8.3%)
- Scottish (7.2%)
- Italian (6.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Trinidad and Tobago (19%)
- Israel (16%)
- Canada (12%)
- Korea (11%)
- France (8%)
- Poland (7%)
- Spain (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,726 (50%)
- Carpooled: 465 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 85 (2%)
- Motorcycle: 35 (1%)
- Bicycle: 14 (0%)
- Walked: 1,025 (30%)
- Other means: 34 (1%)
- Worked at home: 84 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (67%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Boone township, North Carolina:
- 4,683 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 29 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 22 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 6 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
93.3% of residents of Boone township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English not well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,901- In family households: 1,144 (357 male householders, 107 female householders)
347 spouses, 263 children (219 natural, 27 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 4 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,757 (992 male householders (506 living alone)), 623 female householders (337 living alone)), 1,142 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4,711 (27 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 317 2-persons, 79 3-persons, 27 4-persons, 41 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 843 1-person, 546 2-persons, 118 3-persons, 102 4-persons, 6 5-persons,
208 married couples with children.
60 single-parent households (16 men, 44 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 9.3% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 586
| Here: | 8.6% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |