Fairview township, Buncombe County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (46% naturalized citizens)
| Fairview township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
57% of Fairview township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 30% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5341
- Northeast: 1184
- Midwest: 752
- South: 1535
- West: 329
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $141,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
129 people in nursing homes
24 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,723
- One, attached: 37
- Two: 23
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 8
- 10 to 19: 11
- Mobile homes: 1,052
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,300
Housing units in Fairview township with a mortgage: 1,403 (197 second mortgage, 253 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 579
- Construction (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fairview township:
- United States or American (20.2%)
- German (13.6%)
- English (12.2%)
- Irish (11.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (9.1%)
- Scottish (4.8%)
- Italian (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Yugoslavia (39%)
- Germany (20%)
- Brazil (10%)
- Ireland (6%)
- Colombia (6%)
- Other Eastern Europe (5%)
- Korea (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,899 (83%)
- Carpooled: 587 (13%)
- Walked: 41 (1%)
- Other means: 17 (0%)
- Worked at home: 150 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (48%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (1%)
129 people in nursing homes
24 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.1% of residents of Fairview township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 26% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (55% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 34% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,312- In family households: 8,456 (2,221 male householders, 561 female householders)
2,395 spouses, 2,817 children (2,601 natural, 41 adopted, 175 stepchildren), 155 grandchildren, 23 brothers or sisters, 44 parents, 171 other relatives, 69 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 856 (333 male householders (264 living alone)), 406 female householders (364 living alone)), 117 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 129 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,218 2-persons, 667 3-persons, 597 4-persons, 181 5-persons, 89 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 628 1-person, 103 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
1,925 married couples with children.
369 single-parent households (103 men, 266 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 159
| Here: | 13.3% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 41
| Here: | 7.5% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 68
| Here: | 22.2% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |