Union Grove township, Iredell County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Union Grove township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Union Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 34% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1645
- Northeast: 74
- Midwest: 95
- South: 258
- West: 59
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
46 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 446
- One, attached: 8
- Mobile homes: 335
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,200
Housing units in Union Grove township with a mortgage: 155 (9 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 65
- Construction (14%)
- Textile mills and textile products (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (18%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Business operations specialists (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union Grove township:
- United States or American (52.1%)
- English (11.2%)
- German (7.4%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.4%)
- Scottish (1.6%)
- Italian (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 874 (85%)
- Carpooled: 96 (9%)
- Walked: 18 (2%)
- Other means: 16 (2%)
- Worked at home: 26 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (64%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Wood (7%)
- Utility gas (1%)
46 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.4% of residents of Union Grove township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,107- In family households: 1,845 (524 male householders, 83 female householders)
535 spouses, 647 children (543 natural, 0 adopted, 104 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 20 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 262 (115 male householders (105 living alone)), 106 female householders (73 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 38 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 294 2-persons, 137 3-persons, 112 4-persons, 58 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 178 1-person, 43 2-persons,
374 married couples with children.
90 single-parent households (31 men, 59 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 3.5% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
| Here: | 14.5% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |