Cranberry township, Alleghany County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 24.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 429 (all rural)
| Males: 237 |  (55.2%) |
| Females: 192 |  (44.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 410 (333 owner occupied, 77 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 19% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Cranberry township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 84.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.9%
- Two or more races: 1.2%
Median age of males: 45.8
Median age of females: 52.0
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Average household size: 2.23
| Cranberry township: | 2.2 people |
| North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.48
| Cranberry township: | $34,845 |
| North Carolina: | $45,906 |
| Here: | $430 |
| State: | $619 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $156,811 (it was $86,400 in 2000)
| : | $156,811 |
| North Carolina: | $154,300 |
| Population density: 18 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 19.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
| This township: | 6.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.5% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Cranberry township: Bluff Mountain Overlook (A), Millers Camping (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Cranberry township include: Laurel Fork Church (A), Laurel Springs Baptist Church (B), Meadow Fork Primitive Baptist Church (C), Pine Fork Missionary Baptist Church (D), Pleasant Grove Baptist Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Stamper Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Evans Branch (A), Reeves Branch (B), Piney Fork (C), Maple Branch (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
79% of Cranberry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 315
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 0
- South: 93
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
19 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 241
- Mobile homes: 44
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $63,100
Housing units in Cranberry township with a mortgage: 44 (0 second mortgage, 25 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 50
- Construction (15%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (12%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Wood products (8%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (8%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (8%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (8%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Engineers (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (15%)
- Computer specialists (12%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cranberry township:
- United States or American (40.9%)
- English (26.5%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- German (5.3%)
- Italian (2.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 110 (63%)
- Carpooled: 46 (26%)
- Worked at home: 18 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (64%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Wood (15%)
19 people in other nonhousehold living situations
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 388- In family households: 337 (117 male householders, 12 female householders)
126 spouses, 73 children (61 natural, 7 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 51 (13 male householders (4 living alone)), 26 female householders (26 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 27 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 72 2-persons, 35 3-persons, 22 4-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 30 1-person, 9 2-persons,
38 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (2 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 23.1% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |