Boone township, Davidson County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (66% naturalized citizens)
| Boone township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
59% of Boone township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3430
- Northeast: 173
- Midwest: 118
- South: 507
- West: 55
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $142,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
78 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,081
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 37
- Mobile homes: 717
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,700
Housing units in Boone township with a mortgage: 418 (34 second mortgage, 71 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 316
- Construction (18%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (11%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Woodworkers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Boone township:
- United States or American (38.9%)
- German (19.7%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- English (6.5%)
- Scottish (2.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
- Dutch (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (63%)
- Japan (20%)
- Brazil (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,826 (82%)
- Carpooled: 313 (14%)
- Walked: 32 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 40 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (54%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (2%)
- Solar energy (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
78 people in other nonhousehold living situations
97.4% of residents of Boone township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (27% speak English very well, 51% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English well, 44% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,237- In family households: 3,620 (1,024 male householders, 244 female householders)
1,047 spouses, 1,156 children (1,040 natural, 0 adopted, 116 stepchildren), 38 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 23 parents, 38 other relatives, 44 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 617 (294 male householders (218 living alone)), 212 female householders (187 living alone)), 111 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 81 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 672 2-persons, 313 3-persons, 204 4-persons, 52 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 405 1-person, 83 2-persons, 18 3-persons,
763 married couples with children.
268 single-parent households (94 men, 174 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 40
| Here: | 6.9% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 6.0% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 8.5% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |