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Linville township, Burke County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)

Linville township:

0.6%
Whole state:

5.3%

61% of Linville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 29% lived in North Carolina.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 950
  • Northeast: 120
  • Midwest: 66
  • South: 189
  • West: 8

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

58 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Linville township, NC map Linville township, North Carolina satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $61,900


Housing units in Linville township with a mortgage: 189 (49 second mortgage, 41 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 159

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 42
  • 1995 to 1998: 124
  • 1990 to 1994: 74
  • 1980 to 1989: 158
  • 1970 to 1979: 153
  • 1960 to 1969: 86
  • 1950 to 1959: 58
  • 1940 to 1949: 59
  • 1939 or earlier: 25

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Linville township, North Carolina:

  • 1 room: 6
  • 2 rooms: 11
  • 3 rooms: 26
  • 4 rooms: 60
  • 5 rooms: 134
  • 6 rooms: 95
  • 7 rooms: 57
  • 8 rooms: 68
  • 9 or more rooms: 33

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Linville township, North Carolina:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 30
  • 5 rooms: 43
  • 6 rooms: 20
  • 7 rooms: 0
  • 8 rooms: 0
  • 9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Linville township:

  • no bedroom: 6
  • 1 bedroom: 28
  • 2 bedrooms: 114
  • 3 bedrooms: 260
  • 4 bedrooms: 58
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 24

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Linville township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 46
  • 3 bedrooms: 47
  • 4 bedrooms: 0
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Linville township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 6
  • 1 vehicle: 98
  • 2 vehicles: 210
  • 3 vehicles: 124
  • 4 vehicles: 37
  • 5 or more vehicles: 15

Cars and other vehicles available in Linville township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 10
  • 1 vehicle: 36
  • 2 vehicles: 31
  • 3 vehicles: 10
  • 4 vehicles: 6
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Health care (19%)
  • Furniture and related product manufacturing (13%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Metal and metal products (9%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (22%)
  • Educational services (21%)
  • Social assistance (12%)
  • Public administration (8%)
  • Food and beverage stores (7%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
  • Physicians and surgeons (5%)
  • Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (10%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Child care workers (6%)
  • Registered nurses (6%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (6%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Linville township:

  • United States or American (17.2%)
  • German (15.9%)
  • Irish (15.5%)
  • English (14.7%)
  • Scottish (7.8%)
  • Scotch-Irish (3.0%)
  • Czech (2.8%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (100%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Electricity (49%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
  • Wood (5%)
  • Utility gas (3%)

58 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

All residents speak only English at home

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,353

Size of family households: 258 2-persons, 96 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 17 5-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 174 1-person, 7 4-persons,

192 married couples with children.
32 single-parent households (9 men, 23 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
Here:

3.9%
North Carolina:

8.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
Here:

11.9%
North Carolina:

6.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
Here:

52.2%
North Carolina:

20.2%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Linville township:

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