Sandy Ridge township, Union County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (52% naturalized citizens)
| Sandy Ridge township: | 3.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
46% of Sandy Ridge township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 16% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8004
- Northeast: 2513
- Midwest: 1581
- South: 3242
- West: 413
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $292,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,241
- One, attached: 31
- Two: 44
- 3 or 4: 8
- Mobile homes: 232
Median worth of mobile homes: $64,000
Housing units in Sandy Ridge township with a mortgage: 3,951 (351 second mortgage, 923 home equity loan, 51 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 513
- Construction (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (12%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sandy Ridge township:
- United States or American (15.5%)
- German (14.8%)
- English (13.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (8.4%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- Italian (7.6%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (13%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Germany (8%)
- Mexico (7%)
- Cuba (6%)
- Colombia (6%)
- Netherlands (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,013 (86%)
- Carpooled: 600 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 15 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 18 (0%)
- Other means: 59 (1%)
- Worked at home: 453 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (44%)
- Utility gas (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (1%)
95.7% of residents of Sandy Ridge township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 30% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (21% speak English very well, 61% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 16,379- In family households: 15,666 (4,156 male householders, 572 female householders)
4,415 spouses, 5,996 children (5,695 natural, 122 adopted, 179 stepchildren), 95 grandchildren, 47 brothers or sisters, 114 parents, 165 other relatives, 106 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 713 (333 male householders (241 living alone)), 236 female householders (208 living alone)), 144 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 1,622 2-persons, 1,045 3-persons, 1,314 4-persons, 540 5-persons, 159 6-persons, 48 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 449 1-person, 112 2-persons, 8 5-persons,
4,848 married couples with children.
341 single-parent households (76 men, 265 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 355
| Here: | 13.4% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 118
| Here: | 11.7% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 57
| Here: | 17.9% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |