Westfield township, Surry County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 27.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 2,464 (all rural)
Males: 1,185 | (48.1%) |
Females: 1,279 | (51.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 2,464 (1,931 owner occupied, 533 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 22% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Westfield township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 91.2%
- Black: 4.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino: 3.3%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 35.6
Median age of females: 36.3
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Average household size: 2.54
Westfield township: | 2.5 people |
North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.91
Westfield township: | $35,579 |
North Carolina: | $45,906 |
Here: | $417 |
State: | $619 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $122,000 (it was $78,800 in 2000)
: | $122,000 |
North Carolina: | $154,300 |
Population density: 91 people per square mile | (average). |
This township: | 30.2% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
This township: | 5.5% |
Whole state: | 5.5% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Circle R Farm (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Westfield township include: Indian Grove Church (A), Albion Primitive Baptist Church (B), Albion Community Church (C), Toms Creek Church (D), Loves Grove Primitive Baptist Church (E), Westfield Church (F), Woodville Baptist Church (G), Westfield Baptist Church (H), Mount Herman Methodist Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Hunter Cemetery (1), Cobler Cemetery (2), Woodville Cemetery (3), Westfield Cemetery (4), Mount Herman Cemetery (5), Albion Cemetery (6), Inman Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Pell Lake (A), Loves Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
83% of Westfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 21% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 145
- Northeast: 16
- Midwest: 48
- South: 15
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 126
- Mobile homes: 38
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,100
Housing units in Westfield township with a mortgage: 12 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 13
- Construction (21%)
- Wood products (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Water transportation (9%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (15%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (13%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Social assistance (11%)
- Leather and allied products (9%)
- Personal and laundry services (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (19%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (16%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Carpenters (9%)
- Rail and water transportation workers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (17%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (13%)
- Top executives (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Personal appearance workers (9%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Westfield township:
- United States or American (44.9%)
- German (17.0%)
- Irish (10.9%)
- English (8.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.1%)
- French (except Basque) (4.1%)
- Scottish (4.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 79 (89%)
- Carpooled: 10 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
- Wood (32%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- No fuel used (5%)
- Other fuel (3%)
96.5% of residents of Westfield township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 235- In family households: 201 (74 male householders, 3 female householders)
74 spouses, 41 children (37 natural, 0 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 34 (18 male householders (18 living alone)), 16 female householders (16 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 52 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 34 1-person,
447 married couples with children.
134 single-parent households (29 men, 105 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% |