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Fishing Creek township, Warren County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 4 (32% naturalized citizens)

Fishing Creek township:

3.5%
Whole state:

5.3%

68% of Fishing Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in North Carolina.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 1543
  • Northeast: 32
  • Midwest: 39
  • South: 68
  • West: 16

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Fishing Creek township, NC map Fishing Creek township, North Carolina satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $54,400


Housing units in Fishing Creek township with a mortgage: 112 (0 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 85

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 13
  • 1995 to 1998: 136
  • 1990 to 1994: 82
  • 1980 to 1989: 133
  • 1970 to 1979: 105
  • 1960 to 1969: 73
  • 1950 to 1959: 54
  • 1940 to 1949: 14
  • 1939 or earlier: 76

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Fishing Creek township, North Carolina:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 8
  • 4 rooms: 83
  • 5 rooms: 171
  • 6 rooms: 123
  • 7 rooms: 48
  • 8 rooms: 57
  • 9 or more rooms: 28

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Fishing Creek township, North Carolina:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 22
  • 4 rooms: 15
  • 5 rooms: 44
  • 6 rooms: 23
  • 7 rooms: 0
  • 8 rooms: 0
  • 9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Fishing Creek township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 8
  • 2 bedrooms: 93
  • 3 bedrooms: 321
  • 4 bedrooms: 85
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 11

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Fishing Creek township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 14
  • 2 bedrooms: 40
  • 3 bedrooms: 42
  • 4 bedrooms: 8
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Fishing Creek township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 38
  • 1 vehicle: 185
  • 2 vehicles: 155
  • 3 vehicles: 77
  • 4 vehicles: 22
  • 5 or more vehicles: 41

Cars and other vehicles available in Fishing Creek township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 36
  • 1 vehicle: 39
  • 2 vehicles: 20
  • 3 vehicles: 9
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (20%)
  • Furniture and related product manufacturing (13%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (6%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (36%)
  • Educational services (18%)
  • Public administration (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (4%)
  • Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
  • Carpenters (6%)
  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Health technologists and technicians (20%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Fishing Creek township:

  • United States or American (7.5%)
  • English (2.0%)
  • Italian (1.2%)
  • Lebanese (1.2%)
  • Canadian (0.9%)
  • French (except Basque) (0.8%)
  • Irish (0.8%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Laos (68%)
  • Philippines (18%)
  • United Kingdom (13%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Electricity (43%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
  • Wood (7%)
  • Utility gas (1%)

94.1% of residents of Fishing Creek township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (28% speak English very well, 72% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
3.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,758

Size of family households: 187 2-persons, 108 3-persons, 122 4-persons, 54 5-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 163 1-person, 28 2-persons,

293 married couples with children.
125 single-parent households (23 men, 102 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): 0
Here:

0.0%
North Carolina:

6.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here:

6.8%
North Carolina:

20.2%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Fishing Creek township:

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