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Wittenburg township, Alexander County, North Carolina (NC)

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Wittenburg township, NC map Land area: 34.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 2.4 sq. mi.
Population: 8,819 (29% urban, 71% rural)

Males: 4,388  (49.8%)
Females: 4,431  (50.2%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 8,819 (7,642 owner occupied, 1,177 renter occupied)
% of renters here:  13%
State:  31%


Races in Wittenburg township:

  • White Non-Hispanic: 96.0%
  • Black: 0.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.0%
  • Asian: 1.7%
  • Two or more races: 0.5%
  • Some other race: 0.0%

Median age of males: 38.1
Median age of females: 38.6

Average houshold size: 2.55
Average family size: 2.92

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Population density: 258 people per square mile 
 
  (high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This township:  9.3%
Whole state:  12.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This township:  0.8%
Whole state:  5.5%

Cities in this township include: Bethlehem.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Churches in Wittenburg township include: Smyrna Church, Fellowship Church, Friendship Church.

Reservoir: Moretz Lake.

Creeks: Rock Creek, Benfield Creek, Mountain Creek, Isaac Creek.

Number of foreign born residents: 6 (100% naturalized citizens)

Wittenburg township:  0.1%
State:  5.3%

69% of Wittenburg 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, 54% lived in North Carolina.


Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 173
  • Northeast: 0
  • Midwest: 70
  • South: 3
  • West: 7
Wittenburg township, North Carolina satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 102
  • Mobile homes: 8

Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500


Housing units in Wittenburg township with a mortgage: 29 (0 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 24



Year house built:
  • 1999 to March 2000: 0
  • 1995 to 1998: 2
  • 1990 to 1994: 6
  • 1980 to 1989: 13
  • 1970 to 1979: 17
  • 1960 to 1969: 7
  • 1950 to 1959: 8
  • 1940 to 1949: 7
  • 1939 or earlier: 50


Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Wittenburg township, North Carolina:
  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 2
  • 5 rooms: 18
  • 6 rooms: 4
  • 7 rooms: 16
  • 8 rooms: 21
  • 9 or more rooms: 17


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wittenburg township, North Carolina:
  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 0
  • 5 rooms: 9
  • 6 rooms: 5
  • 7 rooms: 2
  • 8 rooms: 10
  • 9 or more rooms: 5


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Wittenburg township:
  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 2
  • 2 bedrooms: 26
  • 3 bedrooms: 31
  • 4 bedrooms: 17
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 2


Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wittenburg township:
  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 0
  • 3 bedrooms: 20
  • 4 bedrooms: 6
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 5


Cars and other vehicles available in Wittenburg township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 34
  • 2 vehicles: 29
  • 3 vehicles: 4
  • 4 vehicles: 9
  • 5 or more vehicles: 2


Cars and other vehicles available in Wittenburg township in n renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 0
  • 2 vehicles: 20
  • 3 vehicles: 11
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0


Most common industries for males:
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (32%)
  • Transportation equipment (23%)
  • Metal and metal products (8%)
  • Health care (8%)
  • Repair and maintenance (7%)
  • Farm product raw material merchant wholesalers (5%)
  • Construction (3%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Educational services (23%)
  • Accommodation and food services (13%)
  • Machinery (10%)
  • Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores (10%)
  • Health care (10%)
  • Printing and related support activities (8%)
  • Public administration (7%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Farmers and farm managers (32%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (23%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
  • Business operations specialists (3%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Postsecondary teachers (17%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (12%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (10%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (10%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Registered nurses (7%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)


Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Wittenburg township:
  • German (26.9%)
  • United States or American (15.4%)
  • Scotch-Irish (12.5%)
  • Irish (11.1%)
  • Swedish (8.2%)
  • Scottish (4.8%)
  • English (3.4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
  • Cuba (100%)

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 79 (67%)
  • Carpooled: 26 (22%)
  • Worked at home: 13 (11%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (86%)
  • Utility gas (6%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
  • Electricity (2%)

97.7% of residents of Wittenburg township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).

Household type by relationship


Households: 259
  • In family households: 206 (61 male householders, 15 female householders)
    66 spouses, 56 children (56 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 53 (10 male householders (8 living alone)), 34 female householders (30 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 48 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 3 6-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 38 1-person, 4 2-persons, 2 3-persons.

1,663 married couples with children.
292 single-parent households (97 men, 195 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%



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