Fork township, Warren County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 41.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 526 (all rural)
| Males: 252 |  (47.9%) |
| Females: 274 |  (52.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 526 (419 owner occupied, 107 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 20% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Fork township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 26.6%
- Black: 67.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 4.2%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
Median age of males: 37.6
Median age of females: 38.3
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Average household size: 2.53
| Fork township: | 2.5 people |
| North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.07
| Fork township: | $34,824 |
| North Carolina: | $45,906 |
| Here: | $415 |
| State: | $619 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $98,748 (it was $64,500 in 2000)
| : | $98,748 |
| North Carolina: | $154,300 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $268,609
Here: $268,609 State: $219,576
Townhouses or other attached units: $135,728
Here: $135,728 State: $173,086
Mobile homes: $57,981
Here: $57,981 State: $64,697
| Population density: 13 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 30.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
| This township: | 10.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.5% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Fork township include: Inez Church (A), Fork Chapel (B), Sarepta Church (C), Shady Grove Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Isinglass Creek (A), Buffalo Branch (B), Wolfpit Branch (C), Reedy Branch (D), Maple Branch (E), Long Branch (F), Little Shocco Creek (G), Hogpen Branch (H), Gunters Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
82% of Fork township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 512
- Northeast: 26
- Midwest: 0
- South: 19
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $275,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 156
- Mobile homes: 94
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,200
Housing units in Fork township with a mortgage: 32 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 42
- Construction (27%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (11%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers (9%)
- Utilities (9%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Health care (38%)
- Textile mills and textile products (17%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers (13%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Business operations specialists (20%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (14%)
- Construction laborers (13%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (11%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
- Customer service representatives (10%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fork township:
- English (20.7%)
- Scottish (4.1%)
- United States or American (3.2%)
- German (1.4%)
- Italian (1.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 81 (58%)
- Carpooled: 43 (31%)
- Other means: 5 (4%)
- Worked at home: 11 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Wood (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Other fuel (4%)
95.5% of residents of Fork township speak English at home.
4.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 557- In family households: 476 (91 male householders, 58 female householders)
102 spouses, 191 children (173 natural, 8 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 17 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 81 (45 male householders (37 living alone)), 7 female householders (7 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 73 2-persons, 37 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 44 1-person, 8 4-persons,
77 married couples with children.
40 single-parent households (7 men, 33 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 59
| Here: | 56.2% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 54.2% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |