Griffins township, Nash County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (21% naturalized citizens)
| Griffins township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Griffins township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2325
- Northeast: 68
- Midwest: 36
- South: 222
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 492
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 518
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,200
Housing units in Griffins township with a mortgage: 129 (17 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 130
- Construction (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Griffins township:
- United States or American (8.8%)
- English (6.9%)
- Irish (1.8%)
- British (1.6%)
- African (1.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (0.7%)
- German (0.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Peru (55%)
- Laos (45%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,031 (82%)
- Carpooled: 193 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (1%)
- Taxi: 6 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 12 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (51%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Wood (8%)
- Utility gas (1%)
97.0% of residents of Griffins township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (83% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,725- In family households: 2,513 (469 male householders, 261 female householders)
520 spouses, 958 children (887 natural, 17 adopted, 54 stepchildren), 108 grandchildren, 38 brothers or sisters, 40 parents, 55 other relatives, 64 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 212 (99 male householders (77 living alone)), 75 female householders (65 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 231 2-persons, 182 3-persons, 187 4-persons, 83 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 142 1-person, 26 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
402 married couples with children.
143 single-parent households (22 men, 121 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 5.1% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 3.1% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |