Smyrna township, Robeson County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (0% naturalized citizens)
Smyrna township: | 2.4% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Smyrna township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 91% 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: 1989
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 18
- South: 124
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 269
- 3 or 4: 20
- Mobile homes: 557
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,500
Housing units in Smyrna township with a mortgage: 85 (13 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 97
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Construction (14%)
- Textile mills and textile products (9%)
- Apparel (9%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Health care (19%)
- Public administration (16%)
- Food and beverage stores (12%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (12%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (16%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (10%)
- Cashiers (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Customer service representatives (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Smyrna township:
- United States or American (21.4%)
- Irish (4.6%)
- English (1.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.7%)
- Scottish (1.6%)
- German (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 771 (91%)
- Carpooled: 38 (4%)
- Walked: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 31 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (67%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
95.9% of residents of Smyrna township speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 13% speak English not well, 20% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,218- In family households: 2,030 (378 male householders, 201 female householders)
283 spouses, 903 children (805 natural, 38 adopted, 60 stepchildren), 182 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 9 other relatives, 54 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 188 (107 male householders (93 living alone)), 62 female householders (62 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 109 2-persons, 182 3-persons, 107 4-persons, 131 5-persons, 38 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 155 1-person, 14 2-persons,
301 married couples with children.
224 single-parent households (40 men, 184 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
Here: | 0.9% |
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: 30
Here: | 46.2% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |