Welch Creek township, Columbus County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (23% naturalized citizens)
| Welch Creek township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
74% of Welch Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1534
- Northeast: 37
- Midwest: 27
- South: 153
- West: 47
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 499
- Mobile homes: 318
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,900
Housing units in Welch Creek township with a mortgage: 148 (0 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 158
- Construction (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Wood products (8%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (30%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (16%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Customer service representatives (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Welch Creek township:
- United States or American (31.2%)
- English (1.6%)
- European (1.6%)
- African (1.1%)
- German (0.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (0.5%)
- Scottish (0.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (77%)
- Canada (23%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 611 (81%)
- Carpooled: 130 (17%)
- Motorcycle: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 5 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Wood (3%)
98.0% of residents of Welch Creek township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,825- In family households: 1,581 (376 male householders, 158 female householders)
415 spouses, 535 children (463 natural, 39 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 64 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 10 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 244 (107 male householders (100 living alone)), 129 female householders (129 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 234 2-persons, 144 3-persons, 127 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 229 1-person, 7 2-persons,
278 married couples with children.
135 single-parent households (15 men, 120 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 7.7% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 5.5% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
| Here: | 23.3% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |