River township, Jackson County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
River township: | 1.4% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
70% of River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 893
- Northeast: 63
- Midwest: 24
- South: 238
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 358
- One, attached: 16
- 20 to 49: 18
- Mobile homes: 198
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,900
Housing units in River township with a mortgage: 103 (13 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 66
- Construction (31%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Paper (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Educational services (33%)
- Health care (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (16%)
- Construction (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Private households (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (16%)
- Cashiers (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Postsecondary teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in River township:
- United States or American (36.7%)
- Irish (16.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (12.5%)
- German (10.7%)
- English (7.3%)
- French (except Basque) (4.7%)
- Scottish (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 447 (72%)
- Carpooled: 141 (23%)
- Other means: 17 (3%)
- Worked at home: 14 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (36%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Wood (14%)
97.8% of residents of River township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,257- In family households: 1,113 (250 male householders, 127 female householders)
290 spouses, 400 children (370 natural, 14 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 0 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 144 (33 male householders (24 living alone)), 72 female householders (50 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 152 2-persons, 124 3-persons, 95 4-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 74 1-person, 31 2-persons,
178 married couples with children.
76 single-parent households (24 men, 52 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
Here: | 12.3% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
Here: | 12.0% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |