Waynesville township, Haywood County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (62% naturalized citizens)
Waynesville township: | 1.3% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Waynesville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 12666
- Northeast: 1029
- Midwest: 1173
- South: 2780
- West: 340
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $80,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Waynesville township, North Carolina:
- 163 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 156 people in nursing homes
- 118 people in state prisons
- 48 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 7,280
- One, attached: 201
- Two: 381
- 3 or 4: 304
- 5 to 9: 161
- 10 to 19: 147
- 20 to 49: 62
- 50 or more: 9
- Mobile homes: 1,386
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,500
Housing units in Waynesville township with a mortgage: 2,403 (207 second mortgage, 313 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,238
- Construction (18%)
- Health care (6%)
- Paper (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Waynesville township:
- United States or American (27.2%)
- English (13.1%)
- Irish (12.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (10.6%)
- German (10.5%)
- Scottish (3.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (19%)
- Ireland (12%)
- Yugoslavia (10%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Germany (7%)
- Ukraine (6%)
- Poland (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,295 (81%)
- Carpooled: 1,021 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 35 (0%)
- Taxi: 27 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 102 (1%)
- Other means: 59 (1%)
- Worked at home: 217 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (46%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Waynesville township, North Carolina:
- 163 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 156 people in nursing homes
- 118 people in state prisons
- 48 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.7% of residents of Waynesville township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 17,834- In family households: 14,811 (4,060 male householders, 1,367 female householders)
4,276 spouses, 4,216 children (3,708 natural, 204 adopted, 304 stepchildren), 266 grandchildren, 101 brothers or sisters, 118 parents, 190 other relatives, 217 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,023 (1,032 male householders (896 living alone)), 1,690 female householders (1,588 living alone)), 301 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 492 (313 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,114 2-persons, 1,180 3-persons, 729 4-persons, 285 5-persons, 98 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,484 1-person, 179 2-persons, 54 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
2,221 married couples with children.
970 single-parent households (199 men, 771 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 80
Here: | 4.8% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 42
Here: | 4.9% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 59
Here: | 8.8% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |