Cool Springs township, Iredell County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (28% naturalized citizens)
| Cool Springs township: | 3.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
68% of Cool Springs township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 34% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2480
- Northeast: 297
- Midwest: 150
- South: 405
- West: 96
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $86,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 850
- Two: 20
- Mobile homes: 493
Median worth of mobile homes: $59,100
Housing units in Cool Springs township with a mortgage: 471 (50 second mortgage, 76 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 121
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Apparel (8%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cool Springs township:
- United States or American (28.3%)
- English (13.4%)
- German (11.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (7.3%)
- Irish (6.0%)
- Italian (2.6%)
- Scottish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (72%)
- Laos (14%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Canada (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,622 (84%)
- Carpooled: 241 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 54 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (65%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Wood (2%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Solar energy (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
93.3% of residents of Cool Springs township speak English at home.
3.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (20% speak English very well, 50% speak English well, 28% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% speak English very well, 43% speak English well, 14% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,654- In family households: 3,293 (811 male householders, 238 female householders)
849 spouses, 1,140 children (1,061 natural, 0 adopted, 79 stepchildren), 44 grandchildren, 48 brothers or sisters, 96 parents, 24 other relatives, 43 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 361 (164 male householders (125 living alone)), 130 female householders (104 living alone)), 67 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 426 2-persons, 272 3-persons, 214 4-persons, 69 5-persons, 56 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 229 1-person, 65 2-persons,
704 married couples with children.
170 single-parent households (57 men, 113 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 83
| Here: | 18.7% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 31
| Here: | 13.2% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 19
| Here: | 12.8% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |