Falling Creek township, Lenoir County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (22% naturalized citizens)
| Falling Creek township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
60% of Falling Creek 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, 66% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4566
- Northeast: 262
- Midwest: 270
- South: 497
- West: 56
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $68,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
132 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
72 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,612
- One, attached: 36
- Two: 151
- 3 or 4: 89
- 5 to 9: 14
- 50 or more: 10
- Mobile homes: 455
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 55
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,700
Housing units in Falling Creek township with a mortgage: 1,010 (158 second mortgage, 253 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 354
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Health care (32%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Falling Creek township:
- United States or American (36.3%)
- English (13.2%)
- Irish (6.3%)
- German (4.3%)
- Italian (4.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.6%)
- Scottish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (53%)
- Mexico (20%)
- Costa Rica (18%)
- Canada (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,500 (89%)
- Carpooled: 210 (7%)
- Taxi: 1 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 45 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 32 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (71%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Wood (1%)
132 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
72 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
96.2% of residents of Falling Creek township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,574- In family households: 4,752 (1,313 male householders, 317 female householders)
1,268 spouses, 1,608 children (1,491 natural, 45 adopted, 72 stepchildren), 48 grandchildren, 36 brothers or sisters, 50 parents, 52 other relatives, 60 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 822 (304 male householders (248 living alone)), 370 female householders (325 living alone)), 148 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 205 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 711 2-persons, 473 3-persons, 301 4-persons, 120 5-persons, 25 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 573 1-person, 68 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
930 married couples with children.
320 single-parent households (53 men, 267 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 77
| Here: | 11.4% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 75
| Here: | 26.0% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 25
| Here: | 10.9% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |