Altamont township, Avery County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Altamont township: | 3.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Altamont township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1066
- Northeast: 30
- Midwest: 32
- South: 200
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $66,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
60 people in state prisons
18 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 447
- Two: 4
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 180
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Altamont township with a mortgage: 99 (3 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 116
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Social assistance (13%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Construction laborers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Altamont township:
- United States or American (29.4%)
- English (17.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (11.4%)
- Irish (8.6%)
- German (7.7%)
- Scottish (6.2%)
- European (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (79%)
- Poland (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 444 (70%)
- Carpooled: 143 (23%)
- Walked: 24 (4%)
- Worked at home: 21 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (67%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (3%)
60 people in state prisons
18 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
95.7% of residents of Altamont township speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (32% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 64% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,290- In family households: 1,132 (299 male householders, 53 female householders)
335 spouses, 402 children (344 natural, 15 adopted, 43 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 6 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 158 (50 male householders (40 living alone)), 88 female householders (87 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 86 (68 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 171 2-persons, 85 3-persons, 72 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 1 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 127 1-person, 1 2-persons, 10 3-persons,
215 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (8 men, 21 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 33
| Here: | 22.3% |
| 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: 12
| Here: | 20.3% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |