Dry Wells township, Nash County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (50% naturalized citizens)
Dry Wells township: | 3.8% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
59% of Dry Wells township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2394
- Northeast: 150
- Midwest: 112
- South: 258
- West: 20
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.5%
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
34 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 769
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 20
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 6
- 50 or more: 9
- Mobile homes: 517
Median worth of mobile homes: $46,900
Housing units in Dry Wells township with a mortgage: 277 (22 second mortgage, 64 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 256
- Construction (29%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Apparel (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (11%)
- Construction (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Carpenters (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dry Wells township:
- United States or American (26.8%)
- English (8.9%)
- German (2.6%)
- Irish (2.5%)
- African (2.2%)
- French (except Basque) (1.7%)
- Norwegian (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (71%)
- Philippines (17%)
- Germany (8%)
- El Salvador (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,013 (83%)
- Carpooled: 195 (16%)
- Walked: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 4 (0%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (53%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Wood (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
34 people in other group homes
91.1% of residents of Dry Wells township speak English at home.
8.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,037- In family households: 2,638 (553 male householders, 299 female householders)
640 spouses, 934 children (849 natural, 6 adopted, 79 stepchildren), 89 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 44 other relatives, 64 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 399 (110 male householders (91 living alone)), 218 female householders (197 living alone)), 71 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 35 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 333 2-persons, 214 3-persons, 226 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 288 1-person, 23 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 13 4-persons,
486 married couples with children.
222 single-parent households (62 men, 160 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 50
Here: | 10.8% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
Here: | 6.2% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
Here: | 31.3% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |