Colfax township, Rutherford County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 53.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 7,680 (1% urban, 99% rural)
| Males: 3,719 |  (48.4%) |
| Females: 3,961 |  (51.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 7,603 (5,901 owner occupied, 1,702 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 22% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Colfax township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 94.0%
- Black: 3.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.8%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
- Some other race: 0.2%
Median age of males: 36.5
Median age of females: 37.7
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Average household size: 2.47
| Colfax township: | 2.5 people |
| North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.92
| Colfax township: | $34,993 |
| North Carolina: | $45,906 |
| Here: | $411 |
| State: | $619 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $104,600 (it was $71,300 in 2000)
| : | $104,600 |
| North Carolina: | $154,300 |
| Population density: 145 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 20.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
Cities in this township include: Ellenboro.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Colfax township include: Webbs Chapel (A), Cherry Mountain Church (B), Concord Baptist Church (C), White Oak Springs Church (D), Hopewell Church (E), Walls Church (F), Salem Church (G), Race Path Church (H), Oak Grove Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Beam Cemetery (1), Glover Cemetery (2), Dobbins Cemetery (3), Salem Cemetery (4), Walls Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Bowen Branch (A), Webbs Creek (B), Puzzle Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
59% of Colfax township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 0% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 0% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 28
- South: 3
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
77 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 15
- Mobile homes: 21
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,500
Housing units in Colfax township with a mortgage: 6 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4
- Construction (16%)
- Textile mills and textile products (12%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Textile mills and textile products (11%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Colfax township:
- English (32.0%)
- German (16.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (12.0%)
- United States or American (12.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7 (100%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (83%)
- Wood (17%)
77 people in nursing homes
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 39- In family households: 35 (8 male householders, 11 female householders)
13 spouses, 3 children (3 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4 (4 male householders (4 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 19 2-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 4 1-person,
1,304 married couples with children.
389 single-parent households (95 men, 294 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% |