Bethania township, Forsyth County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (25% naturalized citizens)
| Bethania township: | 3.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
68% of Bethania township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6914
- Northeast: 484
- Midwest: 264
- South: 1318
- West: 101
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $94,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,393
- One, attached: 42
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 37
- 5 to 9: 98
- 10 to 19: 118
- 20 to 49: 18
- 50 or more: 19
- Mobile homes: 405
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,900
Housing units in Bethania township with a mortgage: 1,890 (210 second mortgage, 362 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 836
- Construction (14%)
- Beverage and tobacco products (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Apparel (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bethania township:
- United States or American (24.9%)
- German (11.8%)
- English (11.4%)
- Irish (6.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
- Scottish (2.0%)
- Polish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (61%)
- Germany (5%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- Philippines (3%)
- Cuba (3%)
- Guatemala (3%)
- Honduras (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,935 (84%)
- Carpooled: 581 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
- Railroad: 10 (0%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 20 (0%)
- Other means: 28 (1%)
- Worked at home: 108 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (57%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (1%)
94.7% of residents of Bethania township speak English at home.
3.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (27% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 45% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,449- In family households: 8,179 (2,197 male householders, 646 female householders)
2,253 spouses, 2,562 children (2,359 natural, 93 adopted, 110 stepchildren), 107 grandchildren, 49 brothers or sisters, 69 parents, 127 other relatives, 169 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,270 (465 male householders (389 living alone)), 657 female householders (611 living alone)), 148 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 1,342 2-persons, 736 3-persons, 530 4-persons, 180 5-persons, 36 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,000 1-person, 110 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 2 6-persons,
1,609 married couples with children.
415 single-parent households (108 men, 307 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 104
| Here: | 10.0% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 30
| Here: | 6.6% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 35
| Here: | 15.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |