Whitehead township, Alleghany County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (0% naturalized citizens)
Whitehead township: | 6.6% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
79% of Whitehead township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 668
- Northeast: 34
- Midwest: 13
- South: 136
- West: 13
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 437
- 20 to 49: 6
- Mobile homes: 90
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 20
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,200
Housing units in Whitehead township with a mortgage: 90 (15 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 88
- Construction (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Health care (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Construction (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Whitehead township:
- United States or American (49.6%)
- English (11.7%)
- German (9.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.5%)
- Irish (4.0%)
- French (except Basque) (1.8%)
- Dutch (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 308 (60%)
- Carpooled: 176 (34%)
- Worked at home: 27 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (65%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (10%)
91.0% of residents of Whitehead township speak English at home.
9.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (24% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well, 26% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 925- In family households: 790 (198 male householders, 85 female householders)
204 spouses, 220 children (171 natural, 22 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 30 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 135 (53 male householders (53 living alone)), 71 female householders (59 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 126 2-persons, 71 3-persons, 58 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 112 1-person, 12 2-persons,
157 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (7 men, 22 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: 5
Here: | 11.9% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |