Elk township, Ashe County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Elk township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
54% of Elk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 13% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 466
- Northeast: 33
- Midwest: 44
- South: 133
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 305
- Mobile homes: 57
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,700
Housing units in Elk township with a mortgage: 86 (6 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 58
- Construction (23%)
- Computer and electronic products (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Apparel (20%)
- Health care (20%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Fuel dealers (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (21%)
- Construction laborers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (20%)
- Art and design workers (12%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Postsecondary teachers (4%)
- Entertainers and performers, sports, and related workers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elk township:
- United States or American (28.6%)
- German (14.3%)
- English (13.9%)
- European (11.9%)
- Italian (4.2%)
- Norwegian (2.8%)
- Hungarian (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 293 (83%)
- Carpooled: 32 (9%)
- Walked: 6 (2%)
- Worked at home: 20 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (41%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Wood (16%)
- Utility gas (2%)
98.8% of residents of Elk township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 697- In family households: 629 (170 male householders, 51 female householders)
192 spouses, 197 children (153 natural, 9 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 6 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 68 (35 male householders (35 living alone)), 33 female householders (33 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 125 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 25 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 68 1-person,
125 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (8 men, 6 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 48.5% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |