White Oak township, Onslow County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (62% naturalized citizens)
| White Oak township: | 4.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
43% of White Oak township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 22% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7202
- Northeast: 2697
- Midwest: 1739
- South: 3242
- West: 1212
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $133,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
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
17 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
13 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,770
- One, attached: 478
- Two: 269
- 3 or 4: 272
- 10 to 19: 8
- Mobile homes: 2,227
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,200
Housing units in White Oak township with a mortgage: 2,312 (328 second mortgage, 176 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 446
- Construction (17%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in White Oak township:
- United States or American (14.3%)
- German (11.9%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- English (7.9%)
- Italian (3.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
- Scottish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (14%)
- Philippines (13%)
- Japan (10%)
- Greece (6%)
- Germany (5%)
- Vietnam (5%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,766 (79%)
- Carpooled: 1,390 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 47 (1%)
- Taxi: 22 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 34 (0%)
- Other means: 112 (1%)
- Worked at home: 192 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (82%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (1%)
17 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
13 people in other group homes
91.9% of residents of White Oak township speak English at home.
4.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (95% speak English very well, 2% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 17,219- In family households: 15,264 (3,860 male householders, 980 female householders)
3,959 spouses, 5,231 children (4,539 natural, 182 adopted, 510 stepchildren), 300 grandchildren, 103 brothers or sisters, 112 parents, 210 other relatives, 509 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,955 (852 male householders (620 living alone)), 676 female householders (574 living alone)), 427 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 30 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,830 2-persons, 1,278 3-persons, 1,078 4-persons, 476 5-persons, 103 6-persons, 75 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,194 1-person, 287 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 11 4-persons,
3,358 married couples with children.
1,165 single-parent households (241 men, 924 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 125
| Here: | 6.0% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 44
| Here: | 4.6% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 150
| Here: | 15.9% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |