North Cove township, McDowell County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (79% naturalized citizens)
| North Cove township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
66% of North Cove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1776
- Northeast: 104
- Midwest: 100
- South: 241
- West: 42
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 767
- Two: 17
- 5 to 9: 21
- Mobile homes: 388
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,900
Housing units in North Cove township with a mortgage: 147 (0 second mortgage, 34 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 186
- Textile mills and textile products (12%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (12%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Health care (15%)
- Chemicals (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Health and personal care, except drug, stores (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in North Cove township:
- United States or American (34.9%)
- English (18.2%)
- Irish (11.0%)
- German (10.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (7.3%)
- Italian (3.9%)
- Dutch (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (41%)
- Colombia (21%)
- Peru (21%)
- Japan (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 938 (79%)
- Carpooled: 167 (14%)
- Walked: 30 (3%)
- Worked at home: 55 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Wood (11%)
96.8% of residents of North Cove township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (46% speak English well, 54% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,302- In family households: 2,046 (613 male householders, 117 female householders)
663 spouses, 571 children (497 natural, 21 adopted, 53 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 33 parents, 12 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 256 (105 male householders (89 living alone)), 120 female householders (113 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 359 2-persons, 225 3-persons, 88 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 202 1-person, 16 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
402 married couples with children.
100 single-parent households (24 men, 76 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 4.2% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 9.9% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 22
| Here: | 34.9% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |