Williamson township, Scotland County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (54% naturalized citizens)
| Williamson township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
58% of Williamson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 28% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5373
- Northeast: 463
- Midwest: 458
- South: 1271
- West: 71
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $58,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
52 people in nursing homes
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,730
- One, attached: 21
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 55
- 5 to 9: 22
- Mobile homes: 1,394
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,400
Housing units in Williamson township with a mortgage: 695 (53 second mortgage, 100 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 507
- Textile mills and textile products (12%)
- Construction (11%)
- Food (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Williamson township:
- United States or American (20.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (7.0%)
- English (6.9%)
- Irish (5.2%)
- German (4.7%)
- Scottish (2.9%)
- Swedish (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (37%)
- Japan (13%)
- Other Western Africa (13%)
- Germany (11%)
- Jamaica (11%)
- Canada (10%)
- Nicaragua (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,388 (80%)
- Carpooled: 403 (14%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 10 (0%)
- Bicycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 10 (0%)
- Other means: 68 (2%)
- Worked at home: 97 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Wood (3%)
52 people in nursing homes
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.0% of residents of Williamson township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,710- In family households: 6,867 (1,490 male householders, 647 female householders)
1,537 spouses, 2,655 children (2,425 natural, 37 adopted, 193 stepchildren), 208 grandchildren, 52 brothers or sisters, 61 parents, 61 other relatives, 156 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 843 (339 male householders (288 living alone)), 389 female householders (346 living alone)), 115 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 56 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 820 2-persons, 547 3-persons, 450 4-persons, 217 5-persons, 52 6-persons, 51 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 634 1-person, 65 2-persons, 29 3-persons,
1,260 married couples with children.
680 single-parent households (141 men, 539 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 96
| Here: | 8.4% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 2.5% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
| Here: | 7.3% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |