Beech Mountain township, Avery County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Beech Mountain township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
81% of Beech Mountain township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 0% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 448
- Northeast: 19
- Midwest: 23
- South: 151
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 270
- Mobile homes: 45
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,100
Housing units in Beech Mountain township with a mortgage: 49 (13 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 58
- Construction (36%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (3%)
- Educational services (36%)
- Accommodation and food services (24%)
- Health care (9%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Apparel (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (19%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Carpenters (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (7%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (16%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (13%)
- Top executives (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Beech Mountain township:
- United States or American (31.6%)
- English (24.8%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- German (8.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.1%)
- French (except Basque) (4.6%)
- Scottish (4.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 152 (62%)
- Carpooled: 61 (25%)
- Worked at home: 31 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (55%)
- Wood (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
96.2% of residents of Beech Mountain township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 657- In family households: 600 (190 male householders, 17 female householders)
184 spouses, 172 children (152 natural, 11 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 57 (41 male householders (41 living alone)), 14 female householders (12 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 102 2-persons, 51 3-persons, 28 4-persons, 26 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 53 1-person, 2 2-persons,
113 married couples with children.
19 single-parent households (11 men, 8 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 8.7% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |