Island Creek township, Duplin County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 12 (13% naturalized citizens)
Island Creek township: | 11.8% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Island Creek 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: 6433
- Northeast: 421
- Midwest: 157
- South: 361
- West: 84
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $74,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Island Creek township, North Carolina:
- 70 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 63 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,406
- One, attached: 41
- Two: 101
- 3 or 4: 54
- 5 to 9: 26
- 10 to 19: 9
- 20 to 49: 24
- 50 or more: 45
- Mobile homes: 991
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,400
Housing units in Island Creek township with a mortgage: 864 (189 second mortgage, 60 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 755
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Food (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Food (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- 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 (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Island Creek township:
- United States or American (15.9%)
- English (4.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.2%)
- Irish (4.1%)
- German (3.3%)
- Scottish (1.8%)
- African (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Honduras (70%)
- Mexico (15%)
- Korea (3%)
- Vietnam (2%)
- Egypt (2%)
- Israel (2%)
- Poland (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,753 (75%)
- Carpooled: 715 (19%)
- Bicycle: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 45 (1%)
- Other means: 95 (3%)
- Worked at home: 58 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (56%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Island Creek township, North Carolina:
- 70 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 63 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in other group homes
86.2% of residents of Island Creek township speak English at home.
12.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (23% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 36% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (20% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 21% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (55% speak English very well, 45% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,350- In family households: 7,292 (1,634 male householders, 705 female householders)
1,577 spouses, 2,426 children (2,214 natural, 46 adopted, 166 stepchildren), 274 grandchildren, 201 brothers or sisters, 76 parents, 232 other relatives, 167 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,058 (343 male householders (304 living alone)), 607 female householders (561 living alone)), 108 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 134 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 982 2-persons, 578 3-persons, 465 4-persons, 176 5-persons, 34 6-persons, 104 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 865 1-person, 65 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
1,142 married couples with children.
663 single-parent households (130 men, 533 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 71
Here: | 7.1% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
Here: | 2.4% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
Here: | 9.3% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |