Jackson township, Nash County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (18% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 7.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1933
- Northeast: 128
- Midwest: 69
- South: 227
- West: 22
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 652
- One, attached: 8
- 5 to 9: 16
- Mobile homes: 369
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,300
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 247 (33 second mortgage, 45 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 199
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Health care (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- United States or American (23.6%)
- English (10.8%)
- German (3.9%)
- Italian (2.9%)
- African (2.9%)
- Dutch (2.6%)
- Irish (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (95%)
- El Salvador (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 863 (81%)
- Carpooled: 163 (15%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 24 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (45%)
- Electricity (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
85.0% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
13.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,566- In family households: 2,237 (453 male householders, 211 female householders)
509 spouses, 835 children (735 natural, 26 adopted, 74 stepchildren), 81 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 51 other relatives, 60 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 329 (133 male householders (93 living alone)), 139 female householders (133 living alone)), 57 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 245 2-persons, 144 3-persons, 150 4-persons, 74 5-persons, 44 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 226 1-person, 26 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 1 5-persons,
475 married couples with children.
107 single-parent households (31 men, 76 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 3.2% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 28
| Here: | 18.5% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
| Here: | 32.1% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |