Howards Creek township, Lincoln County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (46% naturalized citizens)
Howards Creek township: | 4.0% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Howards Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5986
- Northeast: 369
- Midwest: 162
- South: 787
- West: 77
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $67,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
5 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,903
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 31
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 51
- 50 or more: 5
- Mobile homes: 998
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,400
Housing units in Howards Creek township with a mortgage: 822 (110 second mortgage, 185 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 421
- Construction (14%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (11%)
- Textile mills and textile products (8%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Textile mills and textile products (11%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (11%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Howards Creek township:
- United States or American (37.4%)
- German (21.5%)
- Irish (6.9%)
- English (4.7%)
- Scottish (1.8%)
- French (except Basque) (1.8%)
- Dutch (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (73%)
- Costa Rica (15%)
- Korea (4%)
- Canada (3%)
- Peru (2%)
- United Kingdom (2%)
- France (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,079 (80%)
- Carpooled: 654 (17%)
- Walked: 22 (1%)
- Other means: 44 (1%)
- Worked at home: 68 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (63%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
5 people in religious group quarters
93.5% of residents of Howards Creek township speak English at home.
5.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (48% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,718- In family households: 6,907 (1,793 male householders, 374 female householders)
1,731 spouses, 2,439 children (2,216 natural, 56 adopted, 167 stepchildren), 120 grandchildren, 68 brothers or sisters, 60 parents, 139 other relatives, 183 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 811 (332 male householders (240 living alone)), 316 female householders (300 living alone)), 163 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 5 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 829 2-persons, 585 3-persons, 499 4-persons, 167 5-persons, 62 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 540 1-person, 74 2-persons, 17 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
1,481 married couples with children.
345 single-parent households (116 men, 229 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 49
Here: | 5.4% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here: | 1.2% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 3.0% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |