Salem township, Granville County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (39% naturalized citizens)
| Salem township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
70% of Salem township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 994
- Northeast: 102
- Midwest: 45
- South: 77
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $14,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 369
- One, attached: 8
- Mobile homes: 210
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,100
Housing units in Salem township with a mortgage: 130 (24 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 45
- Construction (10%)
- Health care (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Textile mills and textile products (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Health care (28%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (18%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (12%)
- Postsecondary teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Salem township:
- United States or American (10.7%)
- English (10.4%)
- Irish (6.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.8%)
- African (2.2%)
- Russian (1.5%)
- German (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (73%)
- Canada (15%)
- Panama (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 471 (74%)
- Carpooled: 122 (19%)
- Other means: 15 (2%)
- Worked at home: 30 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (52%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (7%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
93.3% of residents of Salem township speak English at home.
6.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 41% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,270- In family households: 1,076 (254 male householders, 103 female householders)
299 spouses, 317 children (282 natural, 0 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 47 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 33 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 194 (68 male householders (49 living alone)), 89 female householders (82 living alone)), 37 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 166 2-persons, 103 3-persons, 59 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 131 1-person, 11 2-persons, 7 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
253 married couples with children.
71 single-parent households (13 men, 58 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: 6
| Here: | 17.6% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |