Gatesville township, Gates County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Gatesville township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
66% of Gatesville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 32% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1109
- Northeast: 151
- Midwest: 18
- South: 520
- West: 39
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $52,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
88 people in state prisons
63 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 526
- One, attached: 1
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 177
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,200
Housing units in Gatesville township with a mortgage: 191 (10 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 152
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Food (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Water transportation (4%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (12%)
- Food (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Gatesville township:
- United States or American (19.1%)
- English (9.3%)
- German (5.7%)
- Irish (2.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (1.2%)
- Italian (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (33%)
- Korea (33%)
- Canada (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 513 (75%)
- Carpooled: 135 (20%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 31 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
88 people in state prisons
63 people in other group homes
96.7% of residents of Gatesville township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,708- In family households: 1,582 (348 male householders, 148 female householders)
383 spouses, 544 children (498 natural, 7 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 104 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 8 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 126 (47 male householders (43 living alone)), 74 female householders (74 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 150 (136 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 180 2-persons, 146 3-persons, 112 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 117 1-person, 4 2-persons,
248 married couples with children.
103 single-parent households (19 men, 84 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
| Here: | 0.4% |
| 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: 25
| Here: | 48.1% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |