Boyd township, Transylvania County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (63% naturalized citizens)
Boyd township: | 2.3% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Boyd 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, 47% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2323
- Northeast: 132
- Midwest: 282
- South: 602
- West: 35
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,000
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 505
Median worth of mobile homes: $39,900
Housing units in Boyd township with a mortgage: 368 (45 second mortgage, 58 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 240
- Construction (19%)
- Paper (16%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Paper (5%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Boyd township:
- United States or American (36.2%)
- English (14.7%)
- German (10.0%)
- Irish (8.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.8%)
- Scottish (1.8%)
- European (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Jamaica (28%)
- United Kingdom (19%)
- Germany (15%)
- Jordan (12%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (10%)
- Hungary (8%)
- Ukraine (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,271 (78%)
- Carpooled: 293 (18%)
- Ferryboat: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 30 (2%)
- Other means: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 17 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Utility gas (13%)
- Wood (6%)
- No fuel used (1%)
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.3% of residents of Boyd township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% speak English very well, 64% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,464- In family households: 3,043 (843 male householders, 197 female householders)
895 spouses, 948 children (853 natural, 8 adopted, 87 stepchildren), 76 grandchildren, 21 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 44 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 421 (146 male householders (115 living alone)), 216 female householders (212 living alone)), 59 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 519 2-persons, 227 3-persons, 198 4-persons, 58 5-persons, 38 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 327 1-person, 21 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 8 5-persons,
553 married couples with children.
150 single-parent households (46 men, 104 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
Here: | 4.7% |
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: 12
Here: | 10.6% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |