Burnt Swamp township, Robeson County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 11.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 2,229 (all rural)
Males: 1,113 | (49.9%) |
Females: 1,116 | (50.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 2,229 (1,998 owner occupied, 231 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 10% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Burnt Swamp township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 4.4%
- Black: 7.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 86.4%
- Asian: 0.0%
- Two or more races: 1.3%
- Some other race: 0.3%
Median age of males: 31.8
Median age of females: 33.3
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Average household size: 2.82
Burnt Swamp township: | 2.8 people |
North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.27
Burnt Swamp township: | $29,542 |
North Carolina: | $45,906 |
Here: | $397 |
State: | $619 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $63,600 (it was $53,100 in 2000)
: | $63,600 |
North Carolina: | $154,300 |
Population density: 196 people per square mile | (high). |
This township: | 20.0% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
This township: | 8.3% |
Whole state: | 5.5% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Burnt Swamp township include: Union Chapel (A), Mount Airy Church (B), Oak Grove Church (C), Evergreen Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Lowry Cemetery (1), Maynor Cemetery (2), Oxendine Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Circle T Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Burnt Swamp (A), Ausley Branch (B), Mill Branch (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
69% of Burnt Swamp township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2019
- Northeast: 21
- Midwest: 18
- South: 76
- West: 38
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 387
- One, attached: 17
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 433
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,700
Housing units in Burnt Swamp township with a mortgage: 105 (12 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 188
- Construction (36%)
- Health care (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (7%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (8%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Burnt Swamp township:
- United States or American (14.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.0%)
- Irish (0.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 616 (64%)
- Carpooled: 273 (29%)
- Bicycle: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 21 (2%)
- Worked at home: 39 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (42%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
- Utility gas (8%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
97.2% of residents of Burnt Swamp township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (35% speak English very well, 50% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,172- In family households: 1,917 (399 male householders, 166 female householders)
412 spouses, 780 children (721 natural, 5 adopted, 54 stepchildren), 66 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 28 other relatives, 40 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 255 (101 male householders (69 living alone)), 107 female householders (86 living alone)), 47 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 198 2-persons, 130 3-persons, 122 4-persons, 68 5-persons, 47 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 155 1-person, 53 2-persons,
386 married couples with children.
140 single-parent households (40 men, 100 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 62
Here: | 18.2% |
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: 4
Here: | 6.8% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |