Lumberton township, Robeson County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (11% naturalized citizens)
| Lumberton township: | 4.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
58% of Lumberton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 18475
- Northeast: 1053
- Midwest: 529
- South: 2740
- West: 245
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Lumberton township, North Carolina:
- 513 people in nursing homes
- 48 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 44 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 24 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 23 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 21 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 11 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 8 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 2 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,347
- One, attached: 393
- Two: 682
- 3 or 4: 493
- 5 to 9: 404
- 10 to 19: 97
- 20 to 49: 112
- 50 or more: 258
- Mobile homes: 1,630
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,500
Housing units in Lumberton township with a mortgage: 2,824 (365 second mortgage, 302 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,683
- Construction (11%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lumberton township:
- United States or American (12.1%)
- English (7.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.6%)
- Irish (4.0%)
- German (3.1%)
- Scottish (3.0%)
- African (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (66%)
- Germany (6%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
- Honduras (4%)
- Laos (3%)
- Colombia (2%)
- El Salvador (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,708 (82%)
- Carpooled: 1,401 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 37 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 16 (0%)
- Walked: 93 (1%)
- Other means: 62 (1%)
- Worked at home: 67 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (47%)
- Utility gas (36%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
People in group quarters in Lumberton township, North Carolina:
- 513 people in nursing homes
- 48 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 44 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 24 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 23 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 21 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 11 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 8 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 2 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
93.5% of residents of Lumberton township speak English at home.
4.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (31% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 32% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (26% speak English very well, 51% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (18% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 36% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 23,626- In family households: 20,206 (3,976 male householders, 2,505 female householders)
4,052 spouses, 7,563 children (7,034 natural, 165 adopted, 364 stepchildren), 628 grandchildren, 320 brothers or sisters, 215 parents, 526 other relatives, 421 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,420 (1,032 male householders (854 living alone)), 1,922 female householders (1,782 living alone)), 466 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 697 (593 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,689 2-persons, 1,645 3-persons, 1,279 4-persons, 498 5-persons, 188 6-persons, 182 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,636 1-person, 250 2-persons, 49 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 7 6-persons,
2,881 married couples with children.
2,740 single-parent households (309 men, 2,431 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 146
| Here: | 4.9% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 79
| Here: | 5.4% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 83
| Here: | 8.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |