Goose Creek township, Union County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (10% naturalized citizens)
| Goose Creek township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Goose Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8365
- Northeast: 865
- Midwest: 455
- South: 1359
- West: 87
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
38 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,512
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 35
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 11
- Mobile homes: 586
Median worth of mobile homes: $49,900
Housing units in Goose Creek township with a mortgage: 1,952 (268 second mortgage, 435 home equity loan, 25 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 645
- Construction (20%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Health care (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Construction (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Goose Creek township:
- United States or American (30.6%)
- English (14.2%)
- German (10.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (7.5%)
- Irish (7.4%)
- European (2.9%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (39%)
- Lebanon (21%)
- Bolivia (11%)
- Japan (9%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Other Western Europe (5%)
- Italy (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,941 (85%)
- Carpooled: 564 (10%)
- Bicycle: 15 (0%)
- Walked: 26 (0%)
- Other means: 18 (0%)
- Worked at home: 257 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (40%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Wood (1%)
38 people in nursing homes
97.0% of residents of Goose Creek township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,284- In family households: 10,478 (2,817 male householders, 538 female householders)
2,895 spouses, 3,670 children (3,450 natural, 28 adopted, 192 stepchildren), 230 grandchildren, 54 brothers or sisters, 45 parents, 82 other relatives, 147 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 806 (315 male householders (250 living alone)), 394 female householders (373 living alone)), 97 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 38 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,403 2-persons, 816 3-persons, 778 4-persons, 228 5-persons, 41 6-persons, 89 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 623 1-person, 70 2-persons, 16 3-persons,
2,606 married couples with children.
329 single-parent households (102 men, 227 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 141
| Here: | 9.6% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 83
| Here: | 15.2% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 69
| Here: | 23.4% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |