Hickory Mountain township, Chatham County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (24% naturalized citizens)
Hickory Mountain township: | 3.1% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Hickory Mountain township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1379
- Northeast: 152
- Midwest: 165
- South: 148
- West: 104
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
80 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 591
- One, attached: 7
- Mobile homes: 234
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,500
Housing units in Hickory Mountain township with a mortgage: 129 (9 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 70
- Construction (21%)
- Food (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Health care (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (14%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Food processing workers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hickory Mountain township:
- United States or American (18.0%)
- English (14.9%)
- German (8.5%)
- Irish (7.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.4%)
- Scottish (3.8%)
- European (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (90%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 753 (74%)
- Carpooled: 181 (18%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 49 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (39%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Wood (11%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- No fuel used (2%)
80 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
93.4% of residents of Hickory Mountain township speak English at home.
6.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,935- In family households: 1,727 (453 male householders, 132 female householders)
495 spouses, 501 children (455 natural, 21 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 74 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 208 (85 male householders (68 living alone)), 99 female householders (91 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 78 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 270 2-persons, 195 3-persons, 74 4-persons, 31 5-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 159 1-person, 25 2-persons,
323 married couples with children.
66 single-parent households (12 men, 54 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
Here: | 6.8% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 63
Here: | 45.7% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 13.3% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |