Cartoogechaye township, Macon County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (33% naturalized citizens)
Cartoogechaye township: | 3.5% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Cartoogechaye township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 817
- Northeast: 257
- Midwest: 179
- South: 638
- West: 34
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $103,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
178 people in job corps and vocational training facilities


Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,052
- One, attached: 26
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 14
- Mobile homes: 192
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,700
Housing units in Cartoogechaye township with a mortgage: 298 (13 second mortgage, 101 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 235
- Construction (25%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Therapists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cartoogechaye township:
- United States or American (23.8%)
- English (13.6%)
- German (10.6%)
- Scottish (6.9%)
- Irish (6.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.4%)
- British (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (20%)
- Mexico (20%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Other Eastern Europe (16%)
- El Salvador (11%)
- Canada (10%)
- Austria (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 671 (80%)
- Carpooled: 78 (9%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 8 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 19 (2%)
- Worked at home: 56 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (49%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Wood (9%)
178 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
95.8% of residents of Cartoogechaye township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 16% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,812- In family households: 1,612 (565 male householders, 66 female householders)
595 spouses, 327 children (288 natural, 18 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 15 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 200 (75 male householders (70 living alone)), 100 female householders (92 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 191 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 402 2-persons, 89 3-persons, 127 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 162 1-person, 8 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
272 married couples with children.
34 single-parent households (14 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
Here: | 7.5% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 10.4% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |