Ironton township, Lincoln County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Ironton township: | 0.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Ironton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1037
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 99
- South: 11
- West: 26
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
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
People in group quarters in Ironton township, North Carolina:
- 48 people in nursing homes
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 445
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 5
- 10 to 19: 11
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Ironton township with a mortgage: 154 (10 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 149
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (16%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ironton township:
- German (34.9%)
- Swedish (23.7%)
- Norwegian (8.3%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- English (5.3%)
- United States or American (4.5%)
- Danish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (60%)
- Netherlands (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 453 (84%)
- Carpooled: 30 (6%)
- Walked: 17 (3%)
- Worked at home: 40 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Ironton township, North Carolina:
- 48 people in nursing homes
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other nonhousehold living situations
97.6% of residents of Ironton township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,134- In family households: 983 (266 male householders, 56 female householders)
274 spouses, 354 children (329 natural, 13 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 10 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 151 (62 male householders (54 living alone)), 77 female householders (73 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 45 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 147 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 67 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 10 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 127 1-person, 12 2-persons,
3,240 married couples with children.
724 single-parent households (226 men, 498 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: 2
| Here: | 6.3% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |