Green Creek township, Polk County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (35% naturalized citizens)
| Green Creek township: | 3.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
73% of Green Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 24% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 33% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1524
- Northeast: 190
- Midwest: 242
- South: 992
- West: 45
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $275,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
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
5 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 868
- Two: 8
- Mobile homes: 436
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,900
Housing units in Green Creek township with a mortgage: 241 (48 second mortgage, 67 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 169
- Construction (22%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Paper (3%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Green Creek township:
- United States or American (20.4%)
- German (11.8%)
- English (10.2%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.5%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Scottish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (28%)
- El Salvador (28%)
- Germany (22%)
- Malaysia (15%)
- Other Western Europe (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,209 (78%)
- Carpooled: 204 (13%)
- Walked: 28 (2%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 105 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Wood (8%)
- Utility gas (1%)
5 people in nursing homes
94.1% of residents of Green Creek township speak English at home.
4.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (42% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 35% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,130- In family households: 2,710 (719 male householders, 162 female householders)
835 spouses, 832 children (763 natural, 14 adopted, 55 stepchildren), 62 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 43 other relatives, 49 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 420 (166 male householders (146 living alone)), 220 female householders (199 living alone)), 34 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 435 2-persons, 187 3-persons, 153 4-persons, 71 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 345 1-person, 41 2-persons,
523 married couples with children.
117 single-parent households (33 men, 84 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 57
| Here: | 23.0% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 7.1% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 27
| Here: | 20.3% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |