Elk Park township, Avery County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Elk Park township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of Elk Park township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 954
- Northeast: 37
- Midwest: 32
- South: 185
- West: 41
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $87,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
17 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 308
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 218
Median worth of mobile homes: $43,100
Housing units in Elk Park township with a mortgage: 69 (7 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 112
- Construction (25%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Health care (28%)
- Accommodation and food services (16%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (16%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (13%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elk Park township:
- United States or American (43.9%)
- Irish (22.7%)
- English (6.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.0%)
- German (4.5%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
- Dutch (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Cuba (50%)
- Mexico (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 357 (69%)
- Carpooled: 145 (28%)
- Walked: 8 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 3 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (63%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Wood (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
17 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
96.3% of residents of Elk Park township speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (20% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 66% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (25% speak English very well, 75% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,239- In family households: 1,071 (255 male householders, 88 female householders)
267 spouses, 416 children (377 natural, 5 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 168 (59 male householders (53 living alone)), 100 female householders (94 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 19 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 151 2-persons, 88 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 40 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 147 1-person, 10 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
199 married couples with children.
71 single-parent households (23 men, 48 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 5.4% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 8.5% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 33.3% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |