Upper Fork township, Burke County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Upper Fork township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
73% of Upper Fork township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 862
- Northeast: 30
- Midwest: 23
- South: 96
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 281
- Mobile homes: 144
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,800
Housing units in Upper Fork township with a mortgage: 89 (8 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 98
- Construction (17%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Health care (28%)
- Social assistance (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Other direct selling establishments (6%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (13%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (11%)
- Health technologists and technicians (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Child care workers (8%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Upper Fork township:
- United States or American (47.6%)
- German (18.4%)
- English (5.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.8%)
- Italian (5.6%)
- Irish (4.0%)
- Dutch (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 440 (88%)
- Carpooled: 38 (8%)
- Walked: 9 (2%)
- Other means: 15 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (53%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Wood (4%)
18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,002- In family households: 881 (253 male householders, 70 female householders)
241 spouses, 268 children (249 natural, 9 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 28 parents, 12 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 121 (39 male householders (27 living alone)), 31 female householders (24 living alone)), 51 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 18 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 163 2-persons, 71 3-persons, 79 4-persons, 10 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 51 1-person, 12 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
164 married couples with children.
43 single-parent households (26 men, 17 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): 9
| Here: | 10.7% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |