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Rockfish township, Cumberland County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)

Rockfish township:

0.0%
Whole state:

5.3%

69% of Rockfish 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, 88% lived in North Carolina.

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

  • This state: 263
  • Northeast: 15
  • Midwest: 41
  • South: 17
  • West: 11

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%

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

  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

People in group quarters in Rockfish township, North Carolina:

  • 81 people in nursing homes
  • 21 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 5 people in other nonhousehold living situations
  • 4 people in other group homes
Rockfish township, NC map Rockfish township, North Carolina satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $28,800


Housing units in Rockfish township with a mortgage: 25 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 25

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 4
  • 1995 to 1998: 32
  • 1990 to 1994: 13
  • 1980 to 1989: 42
  • 1970 to 1979: 60
  • 1960 to 1969: 20
  • 1950 to 1959: 22
  • 1940 to 1949: 0
  • 1939 or earlier: 9

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

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 2
  • 3 rooms: 4
  • 4 rooms: 28
  • 5 rooms: 42
  • 6 rooms: 20
  • 7 rooms: 15
  • 8 rooms: 11
  • 9 or more rooms: 5

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

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 7
  • 5 rooms: 11
  • 6 rooms: 0
  • 7 rooms: 7
  • 8 rooms: 0
  • 9 or more rooms: 0

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

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 6
  • 2 bedrooms: 40
  • 3 bedrooms: 73
  • 4 bedrooms: 6
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 2

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rockfish township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 14
  • 3 bedrooms: 11
  • 4 bedrooms: 0
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

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

  • no vehicle: 13
  • 1 vehicle: 31
  • 2 vehicles: 48
  • 3 vehicles: 35
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

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

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 19
  • 2 vehicles: 6
  • 3 vehicles: 0
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 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 (%):

  • Construction (15%)
  • Public administration (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Repair and maintenance (4%)
  • Health care (4%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Educational services (15%)
  • Health care (15%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Cashiers (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Rockfish township:

  • United States or American (35.8%)
  • English (16.8%)
  • Irish (13.9%)
  • German (6.9%)
  • Swedish (1.7%)
  • Italian (1.2%)

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

  • Germany (100%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (66%)
  • Wood (22%)
  • Electricity (11%)
  • Utility gas (1%)

People in group quarters in Rockfish township, North Carolina:

  • 81 people in nursing homes
  • 21 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 5 people in other nonhousehold living situations
  • 4 people in other group homes

99.4% of residents of Rockfish township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 350

Size of family households: 52 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 26 1-person, 4 2-persons,

9,134 married couples with children.
3,486 single-parent households (697 men, 2,789 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: 0
Here:

0.0%
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 Rockfish township:

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