Ruffin township, Rockingham County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (20% naturalized citizens)
Ruffin township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
60% of Ruffin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 11% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 144
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 23
- South: 49
- West: 40
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
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
People in group quarters in Ruffin township, North Carolina:
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 108
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,000
Housing units in Ruffin township with a mortgage: 3 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 14
- Construction (14%)
- Textile mills and textile products (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Beverage and tobacco products (3%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Textile mills and textile products (15%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Construction (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ruffin township:
- Irish (19.8%)
- English (15.0%)
- German (10.2%)
- Swedish (7.0%)
- United States or American (5.3%)
- Italian (4.8%)
- Dutch (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Guatemala (80%)
- Philippines (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 71 (74%)
- Carpooled: 10 (10%)
- Walked: 7 (7%)
- Other means: 5 (5%)
- Worked at home: 3 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Wood (61%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Utility gas (8%)
- Electricity (2%)
People in group quarters in Ruffin township, North Carolina:
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in homes for the mentally ill
93.0% of residents of Ruffin township speak English at home.
5.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 268- In family households: 230 (56 male householders, 6 female householders)
55 spouses, 90 children (72 natural, 2 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 38 (21 male householders (21 living alone)), 17 female householders (17 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 23 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 38 1-person,
844 married couples with children.
208 single-parent households (69 men, 139 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 6.3% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 5.7% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |