Beargrass township, Martin County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (49% naturalized citizens)
| Beargrass township: | 2.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
71% of Beargrass 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, 80% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1577
- Northeast: 52
- Midwest: 31
- South: 135
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 547
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 205
Median worth of mobile homes: $51,100
Housing units in Beargrass township with a mortgage: 251 (26 second mortgage, 52 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 129
- Construction (21%)
- Paper (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Food (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (17%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (15%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Beargrass township:
- United States or American (44.4%)
- English (16.6%)
- German (4.6%)
- Irish (2.0%)
- Swedish (1.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.4%)
- Scottish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (92%)
- Germany (4%)
- Philippines (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 702 (80%)
- Carpooled: 147 (17%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 17 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Electricity (41%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Wood (2%)
94.2% of residents of Beargrass township speak English at home.
5.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 34% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,858- In family households: 1,672 (429 male householders, 79 female householders)
443 spouses, 600 children (537 natural, 2 adopted, 61 stepchildren), 43 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 46 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 186 (96 male householders (86 living alone)), 74 female householders (72 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 188 2-persons, 132 3-persons, 115 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 158 1-person, 8 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
368 married couples with children.
72 single-parent households (17 men, 55 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 2.8% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
| Here: | 13.3% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 18.6% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |