Piney Creek township, Ashe County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 12.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 906 (all rural)
| Males: 435 |  (48.0%) |
| Females: 471 |  (52.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 906 (743 owner occupied, 163 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 18% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Piney Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.3%
- Black: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
Median age of males: 42.9
Median age of females: 44.0
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Average household size: 2.29
| Piney Creek township: | 2.3 people |
| North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.80
| Piney 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: 74 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 15.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
| This township: | 7.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.5% |
Cities in this township include: Lansing.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Piney Creek township include: Little Piney Church (A), Bethel Church (B), Union Church (C), Silas Creek Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Bauguess Cemetery (1), Weaver Cemetery (2), Anderson Cemetery (3), Stuart Cemetery (4), Powers Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Big Windfall Branch (A), Little Horse Creek (B), Little Piney Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
60% of Piney Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 29% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 778
- Northeast: 53
- Midwest: 15
- South: 83
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $70,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 366
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 112
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,300
Housing units in Piney Creek township with a mortgage: 64 (2 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 102
- Construction (17%)
- Computer and electronic products (10%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (16%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (13%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Piney Creek township:
- United States or American (39.4%)
- English (13.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (7.5%)
- German (7.2%)
- French (except Basque) (6.0%)
- Scottish (6.0%)
- Irish (5.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 298 (69%)
- Carpooled: 101 (23%)
- Walked: 7 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 21 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (70%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Wood (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
99.8% of residents of Piney Creek township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 938- In family households: 773 (227 male householders, 59 female householders)
237 spouses, 207 children (174 natural, 0 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 10 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 165 (69 male householders (65 living alone)), 84 female householders (82 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 162 2-persons, 66 3-persons, 34 4-persons, 24 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 147 1-person, 2 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
124 married couples with children.
28 single-parent households (7 men, 21 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 5.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |