Salem township, Pasquotank County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (52% naturalized citizens)
Salem township: | 8.4% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Salem township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 26% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 859
- Northeast: 80
- Midwest: 76
- South: 222
- West: 59
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $80,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 461
- One, attached: 11
- Mobile homes: 209
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,200
Housing units in Salem township with a mortgage: 183 (0 second mortgage, 53 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 141
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (31%)
- Public administration (22%)
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (18%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (20%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Salem township:
- United States or American (29.1%)
- English (12.0%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- German (4.8%)
- European (3.0%)
- Norwegian (2.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (80%)
- Greece (13%)
- Germany (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 533 (78%)
- Carpooled: 111 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 24 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (41%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
94.6% of residents of Salem township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (38% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 35% speak English not well).
2.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English well, 53% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,413- In family households: 1,222 (399 male householders, 42 female householders)
377 spouses, 292 children (269 natural, 10 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 53 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 30 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 191 (93 male householders (76 living alone)), 84 female householders (84 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 233 2-persons, 80 3-persons, 85 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 14 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 160 1-person, 17 2-persons,
240 married couples with children.
48 single-parent households (14 men, 34 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): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |