Long Creek township, Pender County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (0% naturalized citizens)
Long Creek township: | 4.0% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Long Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1287
- Northeast: 87
- Midwest: 101
- South: 138
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
6 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
2 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 449
- Mobile homes: 320
Median worth of mobile homes: $75,700
Housing units in Long Creek township with a mortgage: 240 (32 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 110
- Construction (35%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (30%)
- Accommodation and food services (16%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Construction laborers (8%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Painters and paperhangers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (13%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Long Creek township:
- United States or American (25.3%)
- English (6.2%)
- Irish (5.3%)
- German (5.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.7%)
- French (except Basque) (3.1%)
- Swiss (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (88%)
- Other Western Europe (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 653 (82%)
- Carpooled: 111 (14%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 26 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (69%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
6 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
2 people in other group homes
93.4% of residents of Long Creek township speak English at home.
5.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 31% 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: 1,728- In family households: 1,529 (429 male householders, 116 female householders)
436 spouses, 453 children (427 natural, 11 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 29 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 19 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 199 (88 male householders (63 living alone)), 79 female householders (71 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 272 2-persons, 162 3-persons, 70 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 14 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 134 1-person, 33 2-persons,
306 married couples with children.
96 single-parent households (21 men, 75 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
Here: | 8.1% |
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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |