Back Creek township, Randolph County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (31% naturalized citizens)
| Back Creek township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
76% of Back Creek 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, 58% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3080
- Northeast: 220
- Midwest: 186
- South: 574
- West: 100
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Back Creek township, North Carolina:
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 14 people in other group homes
- 5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,182
- Two: 16
- Mobile homes: 549
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,100
Housing units in Back Creek township with a mortgage: 568 (94 second mortgage, 93 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 196
- Construction (15%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (9%)
- Health care (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Back Creek township:
- United States or American (40.4%)
- English (14.5%)
- German (9.4%)
- Irish (6.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.3%)
- Scottish (1.9%)
- European (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (31%)
- Colombia (26%)
- Mexico (17%)
- El Salvador (13%)
- Russia (7%)
- Canada (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,790 (80%)
- Carpooled: 306 (14%)
- Walked: 68 (3%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 64 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (47%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Wood (7%)
People in group quarters in Back Creek township, North Carolina:
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 14 people in other group homes
- 5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.2% of residents of Back Creek township speak English at home.
3.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 40% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,219- In family households: 3,693 (1,038 male householders, 193 female householders)
1,022 spouses, 1,255 children (1,111 natural, 32 adopted, 112 stepchildren), 65 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 6 other relatives, 72 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 526 (207 male householders (157 living alone)), 209 female householders (173 living alone)), 110 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 39 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 550 2-persons, 296 3-persons, 247 4-persons, 116 5-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 330 1-person, 65 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 8 4-persons,
922 married couples with children.
146 single-parent households (44 men, 102 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 38
| Here: | 7.4% |
| 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: 22
| Here: | 16.9% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |