Duke township, Harnett County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (13% naturalized citizens)
Duke township: | 3.7% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Duke township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4843
- Northeast: 150
- Midwest: 127
- South: 350
- West: 139
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $66,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
94 people in nursing homes
16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,087
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 62
- 3 or 4: 63
- 20 to 49: 18
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 325
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,400
Housing units in Duke township with a mortgage: 884 (77 second mortgage, 105 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 591
- Public administration (15%)
- Construction (12%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (16%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Duke township:
- United States or American (44.2%)
- Irish (5.8%)
- English (5.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
- German (1.8%)
- Scottish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (77%)
- Pakistan (11%)
- Asia, n.e.c. (4%)
- France (3%)
- Germany (3%)
- Nigeria (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,154 (81%)
- Carpooled: 363 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 40 (2%)
- Other means: 27 (1%)
- Worked at home: 66 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (45%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (1%)
94 people in nursing homes
16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
93.9% of residents of Duke township speak English at home.
4.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (34% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 27% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,810- In family households: 4,871 (1,283 male householders, 371 female householders)
1,299 spouses, 1,548 children (1,456 natural, 26 adopted, 66 stepchildren), 157 grandchildren, 36 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 60 other relatives, 98 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 939 (298 male householders (242 living alone)), 480 female householders (445 living alone)), 161 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 111 (72 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 737 2-persons, 427 3-persons, 331 4-persons, 98 5-persons, 35 6-persons, 26 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 687 1-person, 73 2-persons, 10 5-persons, 8 6-persons,
908 married couples with children.
340 single-parent households (64 men, 276 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
Here: | 3.0% |
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: 53
Here: | 29.1% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |