Cheoah township, Graham County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (58% naturalized citizens)
| Cheoah township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Cheoah township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4836
- Northeast: 167
- Midwest: 211
- South: 735
- West: 92
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $14,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Cheoah township, North Carolina:
- 81 people in nursing homes
- 17 people in religious group quarters
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 2 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,090
- One, attached: 28
- Two: 21
- 3 or 4: 44
- 5 to 9: 9
- 10 to 19: 11
- 20 to 49: 11
- Mobile homes: 1,003
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 37
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,700
Housing units in Cheoah township with a mortgage: 524 (20 second mortgage, 132 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 613
- Construction (21%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Business operations specialists (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cheoah township:
- United States or American (27.4%)
- Irish (14.8%)
- English (12.7%)
- German (10.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.1%)
- Scottish (2.9%)
- Dutch (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (45%)
- United Kingdom (25%)
- Ireland (9%)
- Germany (8%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Other Eastern Europe (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,737 (70%)
- Carpooled: 663 (27%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 32 (1%)
- Other means: 40 (2%)
- Worked at home: 18 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Wood (7%)
- Utility gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Cheoah township, North Carolina:
- 81 people in nursing homes
- 17 people in religious group quarters
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 2 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
96.2% of residents of Cheoah township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (95% speak English very well, 5% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.9% of residents speak other language at home (61% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,009- In family households: 5,210 (1,480 male householders, 354 female householders)
1,506 spouses, 1,531 children (1,317 natural, 34 adopted, 180 stepchildren), 98 grandchildren, 89 brothers or sisters, 27 parents, 48 other relatives, 77 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 799 (264 male householders (234 living alone)), 460 female householders (448 living alone)), 75 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 117 (36 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 914 2-persons, 449 3-persons, 294 4-persons, 140 5-persons, 31 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 682 1-person, 34 2-persons, 8 4-persons,
991 married couples with children.
241 single-parent households (52 men, 189 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
| Here: | 2.4% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 0.4% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 3.4% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |