Linville township, Avery County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 17.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 605 (all rural)
| Males: 296 |  (48.9%) |
| Females: 309 |  (51.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 605 (474 owner occupied, 131 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 22% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Linville township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.4%
- Black: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.5%
- Two or more races: 1.0%
Median age of males: 44.1
Median age of females: 45.2
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Average household size: 2.04
| Linville township: | 2.0 people |
| North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.61
| Linville township: | $36,628 |
| North Carolina: | $45,906 |
| Here: | $556 |
| State: | $619 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $141,442 (it was $78,900 in 2000)
| : | $141,442 |
| North Carolina: | $154,300 |
| Population density: 36 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 12.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
| This township: | 6.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.5% |
Cities in this township include: Grandfather.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Linville township: Camp Yonahnoka (A), United States Weather Station (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Church in Linville township: Peoples Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Tanglewood Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoirs: Lake Kawahna (A), Grandfather Mountain Lake (B), Grandmother Lake (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Grandmother Creek (A), Shanty Spring Branch (B), West Fork Linville River (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
57% of Linville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 386
- Northeast: 48
- Midwest: 36
- South: 120
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $76,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 833
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 113
- 3 or 4: 90
- 5 to 9: 104
- 10 to 19: 29
- Mobile homes: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $58,800
Housing units in Linville township with a mortgage: 126 (0 second mortgage, 27 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 46
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (18%)
- Construction (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (8%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (7%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (14%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Linville township:
- United States or American (20.0%)
- English (16.4%)
- German (13.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (12.3%)
- Scottish (12.3%)
- Irish (9.8%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 301 (85%)
- Carpooled: 39 (11%)
- Other means: 7 (2%)
- Worked at home: 6 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Wood (6%)
- Other fuel (2%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 603- In family households: 477 (162 male householders, 20 female householders)
151 spouses, 127 children (101 natural, 3 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 10 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 126 (30 male householders (28 living alone)), 73 female householders (58 living alone)), 23 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 120 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 86 1-person, 17 2-persons,
71 married couples with children.
26 single-parent households (6 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 4.0% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 40.5% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 9.1% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |