Horse Creek township, Ashe County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 15.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 661 (all rural)
| Males: 313 |  (47.4%) |
| Females: 348 |  (52.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 661 (583 owner occupied, 78 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 12% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Horse Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.2%
- Black: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
- Some other race: 0.2%
Median age of males: 43.3
Median age of females: 44.0
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Average household size: 2.35
| Horse Creek township: | 2.4 people |
| North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.83
| Horse Creek township: | $35,888 |
| North Carolina: | $45,906 |
| Here: | $450 |
| State: | $619 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $151,588 (it was $86,800 in 2000)
| : | $151,588 |
| North Carolina: | $154,300 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $199,459
Here: $199,459 State: $219,576
Townhouses or other attached units: $163,916
Here: $163,916 State: $173,086
In 2-unit structures: $327,118
Here: $327,118 State: $165,738
Mobile homes: $123,832
Here: $123,832 State: $64,697
| Population density: 43 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 20.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
| This township: | 11.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.5% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Horse Creek township include: Mount Zion Church (A), Long Branch Church (B), Low Gap Church (C), Horse Creek Church (D), Gillespie Church (E), Fairview Church (F), Sugar Grove Church (G), Sabbath Home Church (H), Pleasant Chapel (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Landreth Cemetery (1), Hart Cemetery (2), Hampton Cemetery (3), Ham Cemetery (4), Greer Cemetery (5), Gilley Cemetery (6), Barr Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Greer Branch (A), South Fork Horse Creek (B), Middle Fork Horse Creek (C), Long Branch (D), Roaring Branch (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
67% of Horse Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 518
- Northeast: 27
- Midwest: 5
- South: 91
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $48,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 223
- Mobile homes: 77
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Horse Creek township with a mortgage: 34 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 62
- Construction (29%)
- Computer and electronic products (15%)
- Wood products (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (19%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (8%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Carpenters (16%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (19%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (15%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (14%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Horse Creek township:
- United States or American (45.9%)
- German (16.8%)
- English (8.4%)
- Italian (5.0%)
- British (2.6%)
- Polish (1.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 184 (72%)
- Carpooled: 59 (23%)
- Worked at home: 11 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (73%)
- Wood (20%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
98.7% of residents of Horse Creek township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 656- In family households: 575 (152 male householders, 31 female householders)
165 spouses, 166 children (135 natural, 0 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 39 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 13 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 81 (42 male householders (42 living alone)), 39 female householders (39 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 91 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 34 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 81 1-person,
104 married couples with children.
21 single-parent households (10 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 11.5% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |