Dobson township, Surry County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 9 (21% naturalized citizens)
| Dobson township: | 8.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Dobson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6030
- Northeast: 128
- Midwest: 121
- South: 827
- West: 93
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $77,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Dobson township, North Carolina:
- 79 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 65 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 47 people in nursing homes
- 3 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,977
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 26
- 3 or 4: 73
- 5 to 9: 95
- 10 to 19: 15
- 20 to 49: 34
- 50 or more: 3
- Mobile homes: 1,058
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,300
Housing units in Dobson township with a mortgage: 671 (73 second mortgage, 119 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 571
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Textile mills and textile products (8%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Apparel (11%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dobson township:
- United States or American (46.6%)
- English (12.4%)
- German (8.1%)
- Irish (4.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.7%)
- British (1.1%)
- Scottish (0.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (96%)
- Germany (1%)
- Japan (1%)
- Hungary (1%)
- Honduras (1%)
- Spain (0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,821 (75%)
- Carpooled: 675 (18%)
- Taxi: 9 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 68 (2%)
- Other means: 30 (1%)
- Worked at home: 132 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (46%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Wood (5%)
- Solar energy (1%)
People in group quarters in Dobson township, North Carolina:
- 79 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 65 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 47 people in nursing homes
- 3 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
86.7% of residents of Dobson township speak English at home.
12.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 19% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (53% speak English very well, 47% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,719- In family households: 6,689 (1,820 male householders, 412 female householders)
1,874 spouses, 2,117 children (1,948 natural, 72 adopted, 97 stepchildren), 121 grandchildren, 104 brothers or sisters, 32 parents, 105 other relatives, 104 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,030 (353 male householders (301 living alone)), 509 female householders (459 living alone)), 168 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 196 (136 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,009 2-persons, 581 3-persons, 421 4-persons, 166 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 26 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 760 1-person, 82 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 1 6-persons,
1,436 married couples with children.
324 single-parent households (111 men, 213 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 2.1% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 0.9% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 3.7% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |