Cranberry township, Avery County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 11 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Cranberry township: | 11.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
81% of Cranberry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 348
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 9
- South: 93
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 194
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 60
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,300
Housing units in Cranberry township with a mortgage: 38 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 71
- Construction (31%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (13%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (10%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (9%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Health care (41%)
- Chemicals (12%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (12%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Business operations specialists (9%)
- Religious workers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (16%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (12%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (12%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (12%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (9%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cranberry township:
- United States or American (38.1%)
- European (13.0%)
- English (9.6%)
- Scottish (5.9%)
- Irish (3.0%)
- German (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (36%)
- Cambodia (30%)
- India (21%)
- Canada (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 191 (79%)
- Carpooled: 42 (17%)
- Walked: 10 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (83%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
88.6% of residents of Cranberry township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
4.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (38% speak English very well, 63% speak English well).
3.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 511- In family households: 436 (104 male householders, 51 female householders)
112 spouses, 159 children (153 natural, 0 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 75 (36 male householders (36 living alone)), 39 female householders (39 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 52 2-persons, 46 3-persons, 33 4-persons, 24 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 75 1-person,
91 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (5 men, 12 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): 13
| Here: | 46.4% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 100.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |
