Beaver Island township, Stokes County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (39% naturalized citizens)
| Beaver Island township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
66% of Beaver Island township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% 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: 2745
- Northeast: 106
- Midwest: 80
- South: 376
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $25,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 848
- Mobile homes: 687
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $46,900
Housing units in Beaver Island township with a mortgage: 319 (39 second mortgage, 37 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 243
- Construction (24%)
- Textile mills and textile products (13%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (3%)
- Textile mills and textile products (19%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Cashiers (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Beaver Island township:
- United States or American (44.9%)
- English (12.1%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- German (4.2%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.6%)
- Ukrainian (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (43%)
- Guatemala (25%)
- France (18%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,319 (79%)
- Carpooled: 298 (18%)
- Subway or elevated: 16 (1%)
- Walked: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (58%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (6%)
94.4% of residents of Beaver Island township speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (22% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,397- In family households: 3,007 (748 male householders, 260 female householders)
773 spouses, 1,029 children (906 natural, 13 adopted, 110 stepchildren), 85 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 41 other relatives, 49 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 390 (181 male householders (150 living alone)), 168 female householders (155 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 432 2-persons, 248 3-persons, 237 4-persons, 72 5-persons, 19 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 305 1-person, 44 2-persons,
592 married couples with children.
183 single-parent households (51 men, 132 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 3.1% |
| 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: 17
| Here: | 39.5% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |