Columbus township, Polk County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Columbus township: | 5.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
49% of Columbus township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 31% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1798
- Northeast: 797
- Midwest: 970
- South: 1642
- West: 113
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $125,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Columbus township, North Carolina:
- 70 people in nursing homes
- 54 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 13 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,941
- One, attached: 51
- Two: 29
- 3 or 4: 71
- 5 to 9: 13
- 10 to 19: 51
- 20 to 49: 12
- 50 or more: 283
- Mobile homes: 406
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,400
Housing units in Columbus township with a mortgage: 747 (74 second mortgage, 91 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 597
- Construction (21%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Columbus township:
- English (18.1%)
- United States or American (14.2%)
- German (11.7%)
- Irish (11.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (8.6%)
- Scottish (3.7%)
- Italian (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (40%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Germany (8%)
- France (6%)
- Canada (5%)
- South Africa (4%)
- Austria (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,731 (80%)
- Carpooled: 293 (14%)
- Motorcycle: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 13 (1%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 100 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (57%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Utility gas (12%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Columbus township, North Carolina:
- 70 people in nursing homes
- 54 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 13 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
92.7% of residents of Columbus township speak English at home.
4.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (14% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 32% speak English not well, 25% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,534- In family households: 4,614 (1,432 male householders, 277 female householders)
1,508 spouses, 1,130 children (1,003 natural, 77 adopted, 50 stepchildren), 65 grandchildren, 43 brothers or sisters, 27 parents, 39 other relatives, 93 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 920 (297 male householders (250 living alone)), 486 female householders (436 living alone)), 137 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 137 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,031 2-persons, 312 3-persons, 242 4-persons, 99 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 686 1-person, 63 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
721 married couples with children.
170 single-parent households (45 men, 125 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 113
| Here: | 26.0% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 44
| Here: | 20.8% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 8.9% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |