Ingalls township, Avery County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (31% naturalized citizens)
Ingalls township: | 2.3% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
50% of Ingalls township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 10% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2074
- Northeast: 75
- Midwest: 86
- South: 128
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $350,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
1,177 people in state prisons
46 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 393
- One, attached: 6
- 3 or 4: 7
- Mobile homes: 182
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,300
Housing units in Ingalls township with a mortgage: 141 (28 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 122
- Construction (12%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Chemicals (15%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Health care (10%)
- Apparel (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ingalls township:
- United States or American (25.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (11.4%)
- German (9.3%)
- English (7.1%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- Austrian (3.0%)
- British (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (53%)
- United Kingdom (20%)
- Germany (15%)
- Netherlands (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 483 (73%)
- Carpooled: 132 (20%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 35 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (69%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Wood (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Utility gas (1%)
1,177 people in state prisons
46 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
97.4% of residents of Ingalls township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (20% speak English very well, 57% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,239- In family households: 1,114 (285 male householders, 142 female householders)
291 spouses, 344 children (326 natural, 7 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 25 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 125 (29 male householders (24 living alone)), 82 female householders (76 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,198 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 237 2-persons, 106 3-persons, 62 4-persons, 22 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 100 1-person, 11 2-persons,
201 married couples with children.
46 single-parent households (17 men, 29 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 32
Here: | 14.4% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 12.3% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |