Goose Nest township, Martin County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (7% naturalized citizens)
Goose Nest township: | 1.1% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
67% of Goose Nest township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1136
- Northeast: 38
- Midwest: 23
- South: 81
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 456
- One, attached: 15
- Mobile homes: 130
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,800
Housing units in Goose Nest township with a mortgage: 116 (17 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 170
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Construction (9%)
- Food (8%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Health care (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (11%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Postsecondary teachers (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Goose Nest township:
- United States or American (19.3%)
- English (7.4%)
- Greek (2.7%)
- Irish (1.8%)
- French (except Basque) (1.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (0.9%)
- African (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Panama (67%)
- Micronesia (20%)
- Philippines (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 347 (74%)
- Carpooled: 96 (21%)
- Walked: 14 (3%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 6 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (56%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (3%)
99.3% of residents of Goose Nest township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 43% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,307- In family households: 1,156 (264 male householders, 125 female householders)
255 spouses, 368 children (339 natural, 9 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 77 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 18 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 151 (54 male householders (54 living alone)), 93 female householders (91 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 169 2-persons, 119 3-persons, 62 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 14 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 145 1-person, 2 2-persons,
174 married couples with children.
69 single-parent households (9 men, 60 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 36
Here: | 18.8% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
Here: | 17.6% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 13.8% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |