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Yellow Creek township, Graham County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)

Yellow Creek township:

0.6%
Whole state:

5.3%

65% of Yellow Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 16% lived in North Carolina.

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

  • This state: 490
  • Northeast: 28
  • Midwest: 18
  • South: 174
  • West: 0

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $91,700


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Yellow Creek township, NC map Yellow Creek township, North Carolina satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500


Housing units in Yellow Creek township with a mortgage: 68 (0 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 79

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 16
  • 1995 to 1998: 41
  • 1990 to 1994: 38
  • 1980 to 1989: 114
  • 1970 to 1979: 186
  • 1960 to 1969: 127
  • 1950 to 1959: 62
  • 1940 to 1949: 197
  • 1939 or earlier: 0

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Yellow Creek township, North Carolina:

  • 1 room: 8
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 17
  • 4 rooms: 38
  • 5 rooms: 86
  • 6 rooms: 35
  • 7 rooms: 42
  • 8 rooms: 19
  • 9 or more rooms: 0

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Yellow Creek township, North Carolina:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 6
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 18
  • 5 rooms: 0
  • 6 rooms: 0
  • 7 rooms: 17
  • 8 rooms: 0
  • 9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Yellow Creek township:

  • no bedroom: 8
  • 1 bedroom: 7
  • 2 bedrooms: 66
  • 3 bedrooms: 164
  • 4 bedrooms: 0
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Yellow Creek township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 6
  • 2 bedrooms: 18
  • 3 bedrooms: 17
  • 4 bedrooms: 0
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Yellow Creek township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 21
  • 1 vehicle: 95
  • 2 vehicles: 75
  • 3 vehicles: 40
  • 4 vehicles: 14
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Yellow Creek township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 29
  • 2 vehicles: 6
  • 3 vehicles: 6
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (36%)
  • Furniture and related product manufacturing (18%)
  • Truck transportation (11%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
  • Apparel (6%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Educational services (30%)
  • Health care (13%)
  • Furniture and related product manufacturing (11%)
  • Accommodation and food services (11%)
  • Construction (6%)
  • Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (6%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (17%)
  • Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (13%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
  • Other protective service workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (13%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (13%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (11%)
  • Cashiers (9%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
  • Other construction workers and helpers (6%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Yellow Creek township:

  • United States or American (24.8%)
  • Irish (21.9%)
  • English (16.7%)
  • German (11.2%)
  • Scottish (3.5%)
  • French (except Basque) (1.7%)
  • Italian (1.4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Germany (100%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (47%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
  • Electricity (23%)
  • Wood (5%)

96.8% of residents of Yellow Creek township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 714

Size of family households: 89 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 43 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 9 6-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 72 1-person, 5 2-persons,

114 married couples with children.
22 single-parent households (5 men, 17 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 30
Here:

26.5%
North Carolina:

8.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here:

25.0%
North Carolina:

6.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
Here:

28.1%
North Carolina:

20.2%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Yellow Creek township:

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