Flats township, Macon County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 14.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 534 (all rural)
| Males: 268 |  (50.2%) |
| Females: 266 |  (49.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 534 (425 owner occupied, 109 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 20% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Flats township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.7%
Median age of males: 45.4
Median age of females: 44.3
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Average household size: 2.27
| Flats township: | 2.3 people |
| North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.70
| Flats township: | $36,843 |
| North Carolina: | $45,906 |
| Here: | $549 |
| State: | $619 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $166,154 (it was $97,400 in 2000)
| : | $166,154 |
| North Carolina: | $154,300 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $263,064
Here: $263,064 State: $219,576
Townhouses or other attached units: $199,598
Here: $199,598 State: $173,086
In 2-unit structures: $143,763
Here: $143,763 State: $165,738
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $217,034
Here: $217,034 State: $149,371
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $181,671
Here: $181,671 State: $175,668
Mobile homes: $73,500
Here: $73,500 State: $64,697
Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $69,850
Here: $69,850 State: $131,724
| Population density: 37 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 4.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Watkins Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoirs: Fisher Lake (A), Osage Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Shoal Creek (A), Jake Branch (B), Watkins Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
46% of Flats township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 23% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 193
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 43
- South: 101
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.9% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 137
- Mobile homes: 29
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,300
Housing units in Flats township with a mortgage: 51 (0 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 24
- Construction (43%)
- Apparel (15%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (8%)
- Music stores (7%)
- U. S. Postal service (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (17%)
- Plant and system operators (8%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (8%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (8%)
- Construction laborers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Painters and paperhangers (7%)
- Registered nurses (14%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (12%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Flats township:
- United States or American (30.2%)
- German (16.5%)
- Irish (16.1%)
- English (11.8%)
- French (except Basque) (9.8%)
- Italian (5.1%)
- Dutch (4.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 145 (91%)
- Carpooled: 14 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Electricity (18%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 361- In family households: 315 (88 male householders, 7 female householders)
102 spouses, 118 children (107 natural, 11 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 46 (8 male householders (8 living alone)), 31 female householders (24 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 43 2-persons, 39 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 32 1-person, 7 2-persons,
75 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (0 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 59.3% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
| Here: | 51.3% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 45.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |