Black Mountain township, Buncombe County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (58% naturalized citizens)
| Black Mountain township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
55% of Black Mountain township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2603
- Northeast: 344
- Midwest: 294
- South: 752
- West: 91
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $86,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Black Mountain township, North Carolina:
- 248 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 88 people in nursing homes
- 51 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 34 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,310
- One, attached: 21
- Two: 27
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 10
- Mobile homes: 434
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,200
Housing units in Black Mountain township with a mortgage: 466 (30 second mortgage, 78 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 342
- Construction (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Black Mountain township:
- United States or American (20.4%)
- English (15.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (10.2%)
- German (8.8%)
- Irish (8.2%)
- Scottish (5.0%)
- Italian (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Guatemala (26%)
- Canada (17%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Hungary (9%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (9%)
- Germany (8%)
- Taiwan (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,377 (75%)
- Carpooled: 276 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 46 (3%)
- Other means: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 116 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (42%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Utility gas (9%)
- Wood (6%)
- Other fuel (2%)
People in group quarters in Black Mountain township, North Carolina:
- 248 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 88 people in nursing homes
- 51 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 34 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.3% of residents of Black Mountain township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (94% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,792- In family households: 3,210 (796 male householders, 278 female householders)
936 spouses, 1,019 children (913 natural, 61 adopted, 45 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 35 parents, 36 other relatives, 72 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 582 (229 male householders (177 living alone)), 233 female householders (189 living alone)), 120 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 421 (337 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 533 2-persons, 246 3-persons, 188 4-persons, 58 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 366 1-person, 80 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
627 married couples with children.
206 single-parent households (50 men, 156 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 38
| Here: | 7.5% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 5.9% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 45
| Here: | 27.8% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |