Biscoe township, Montgomery County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 22 (11% naturalized citizens)
| Biscoe township: | 21.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Biscoe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3774
- Northeast: 123
- Midwest: 56
- South: 273
- West: 28
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
People in group quarters in Biscoe township, North Carolina:
- 107 people in nursing homes
- 45 people in other group homes
- 12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,258
- One, attached: 26
- Two: 30
- 3 or 4: 21
- 5 to 9: 22
- 10 to 19: 22
- 20 to 49: 8
- Mobile homes: 639
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,100
Housing units in Biscoe township with a mortgage: 382 (40 second mortgage, 56 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 409
- Apparel (12%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Textile mills and textile products (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Apparel (22%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Textile mills and textile products (10%)
- Health care (9%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (26%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Biscoe township:
- United States or American (19.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.5%)
- English (3.2%)
- Irish (3.2%)
- German (2.7%)
- African (2.6%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (98%)
- El Salvador (1%)
- Costa Rica (1%)
- Brazil (0%)
- Germany (0%)
- Korea (0%)
- Guatemala (0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,641 (72%)
- Carpooled: 546 (24%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 38 (2%)
- Other means: 33 (1%)
- Worked at home: 29 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (44%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Biscoe township, North Carolina:
- 107 people in nursing homes
- 45 people in other group homes
- 12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
74.0% of residents of Biscoe township speak English at home.
24.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (21% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 43% speak English not well, 21% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,337- In family households: 4,791 (1,045 male householders, 332 female householders)
1,004 spouses, 1,763 children (1,628 natural, 60 adopted, 75 stepchildren), 143 grandchildren, 130 brothers or sisters, 48 parents, 135 other relatives, 191 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 546 (206 male householders (167 living alone)), 245 female householders (235 living alone)), 95 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 160 (109 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 475 2-persons, 322 3-persons, 293 4-persons, 146 5-persons, 56 6-persons, 85 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 402 1-person, 28 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
1,041 married couples with children.
315 single-parent households (95 men, 220 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 45
| Here: | 6.2% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 2.5% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 8.4% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |