Wake Forest township, Wake County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (39% naturalized citizens)
| Wake Forest township: | 4.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
43% of Wake Forest township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 33% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 15212
- Northeast: 4252
- Midwest: 2538
- South: 5362
- West: 807
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $152,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
200 people in nursing homes
87 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 8,666
- One, attached: 286
- Two: 283
- 3 or 4: 256
- 5 to 9: 439
- 10 to 19: 405
- 20 to 49: 76
- 50 or more: 106
- Mobile homes: 1,167
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,400
Housing units in Wake Forest township with a mortgage: 6,187 (641 second mortgage, 1,222 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 913
- Construction (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wake Forest township:
- United States or American (19.0%)
- English (13.3%)
- German (10.5%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- Italian (4.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.1%)
- Scottish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (11%)
- Canada (7%)
- India (6%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- Vietnam (4%)
- Philippines (4%)
- Korea (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 12,815 (83%)
- Carpooled: 1,742 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (0%)
- Railroad: 3 (0%)
- Taxi: 5 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 139 (1%)
- Other means: 77 (1%)
- Worked at home: 585 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (52%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (1%)
200 people in nursing homes
87 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
93.4% of residents of Wake Forest township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 29,463- In family households: 26,284 (6,768 male householders, 1,520 female householders)
7,052 spouses, 9,628 children (9,000 natural, 229 adopted, 399 stepchildren), 400 grandchildren, 146 brothers or sisters, 137 parents, 288 other relatives, 345 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,179 (1,282 male householders (963 living alone)), 1,261 female householders (1,098 living alone)), 636 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 289 (202 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,183 2-persons, 2,019 3-persons, 2,032 4-persons, 747 5-persons, 218 6-persons, 89 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,061 1-person, 357 2-persons, 98 3-persons, 25 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
7,054 married couples with children.
1,302 single-parent households (298 men, 1,004 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 411
| Here: | 10.3% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 172
| Here: | 10.2% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 386
| Here: | 35.7% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |