Louisburg township, Franklin County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (7% naturalized citizens)
Louisburg township: | 4.2% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Louisburg 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, 67% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6244
- Northeast: 462
- Midwest: 169
- South: 626
- West: 83
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $100,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
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
People in group quarters in Louisburg township, North Carolina:
- 311 people in nursing homes
- 281 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 94 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 94 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded


Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,133
- One, attached: 86
- Two: 124
- 3 or 4: 99
- 5 to 9: 56
- 10 to 19: 26
- 20 to 49: 82
- 50 or more: 12
- Mobile homes: 554
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,000
Housing units in Louisburg township with a mortgage: 775 (56 second mortgage, 128 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 529
- Construction (20%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (2%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Louisburg township:
- United States or American (15.8%)
- English (9.8%)
- Irish (5.5%)
- German (4.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.4%)
- Scottish (1.3%)
- Italian (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (72%)
- Other Northern America (8%)
- Philippines (7%)
- Canada (5%)
- Turkey (2%)
- Nigeria (2%)
- Haiti (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,460 (74%)
- Carpooled: 675 (20%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 101 (3%)
- Other means: 31 (1%)
- Worked at home: 53 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (44%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
People in group quarters in Louisburg township, North Carolina:
- 311 people in nursing homes
- 281 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 94 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 94 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
93.5% of residents of Louisburg township speak English at home.
5.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (29% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 32% speak English not well, 29% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,173- In family households: 6,133 (1,321 male householders, 661 female householders)
1,279 spouses, 2,071 children (1,927 natural, 42 adopted, 102 stepchildren), 275 grandchildren, 116 brothers or sisters, 107 parents, 114 other relatives, 189 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,040 (335 male householders (273 living alone)), 560 female householders (516 living alone)), 145 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 783 (353 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 800 2-persons, 549 3-persons, 372 4-persons, 164 5-persons, 70 6-persons, 27 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 789 1-person, 82 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 10 5-persons,
892 married couples with children.
553 single-parent households (91 men, 462 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 99
Here: | 10.8% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 56
Here: | 14.5% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 306
Here: | 57.2% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |