Smithbridge township, Macon County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (26% naturalized citizens)
| Smithbridge township: | 3.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
60% of Smithbridge township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 20% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1200
- Northeast: 269
- Midwest: 373
- South: 950
- West: 116
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $97,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,589
- One, attached: 19
- Two: 17
- 3 or 4: 11
- Mobile homes: 322
Median worth of mobile homes: $63,800
Housing units in Smithbridge township with a mortgage: 429 (20 second mortgage, 58 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 349
- Construction (25%)
- Health care (9%)
- Textile mills and textile products (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Smithbridge township:
- United States or American (30.1%)
- English (22.0%)
- German (10.5%)
- Irish (7.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.0%)
- Scottish (3.4%)
- Dutch (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (28%)
- Korea (22%)
- Germany (13%)
- Vietnam (12%)
- Honduras (12%)
- Mexico (8%)
- Netherlands (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,122 (80%)
- Carpooled: 202 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 14 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 53 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Electricity (38%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (8%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Other fuel (2%)
97.1% of residents of Smithbridge township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well, 31% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (20% speak English well, 80% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,047- In family households: 2,625 (774 male householders, 191 female householders)
819 spouses, 652 children (571 natural, 14 adopted, 67 stepchildren), 70 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 19 other relatives, 61 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 422 (155 male householders (105 living alone)), 178 female householders (155 living alone)), 89 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 523 2-persons, 239 3-persons, 132 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 260 1-person, 65 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
429 married couples with children.
85 single-parent households (19 men, 66 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 36
| Here: | 12.7% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 14.0% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 5.7% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |