Clear Creek township, Henderson County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (42% naturalized citizens)
| Clear Creek township: | 4.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
54% of Clear Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 33% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2536
- Northeast: 493
- Midwest: 470
- South: 919
- West: 91
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
94 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,134
- One, attached: 44
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 22
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 992
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,200
Housing units in Clear Creek township with a mortgage: 419 (26 second mortgage, 46 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 320
- Construction (13%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Construction laborers (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Clear Creek township:
- United States or American (24.0%)
- Irish (12.1%)
- German (12.0%)
- English (10.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.9%)
- Italian (1.9%)
- Scottish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (67%)
- Africa, n.e.c. (10%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Philippines (4%)
- Germany (4%)
- Cuba (3%)
- Colombia (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,648 (82%)
- Carpooled: 278 (14%)
- Walked: 43 (2%)
- Worked at home: 43 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (54%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (4%)
94 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
94.5% of residents of Clear Creek township speak English at home.
4.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,651- In family households: 3,938 (993 male householders, 350 female householders)
1,169 spouses, 1,245 children (1,069 natural, 46 adopted, 130 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 44 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 28 other relatives, 62 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 713 (196 male householders (119 living alone)), 361 female householders (332 living alone)), 156 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 95 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 703 2-persons, 268 3-persons, 218 4-persons, 103 5-persons, 51 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 451 1-person, 82 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 14 4-persons,
770 married couples with children.
206 single-parent households (47 men, 159 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 48
| Here: | 9.1% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 46
| Here: | 14.9% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 10.7% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |