Brevard township, Transylvania County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (49% naturalized citizens)
Brevard township: | 3.3% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
55% of Brevard township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5434
- Northeast: 1218
- Midwest: 944
- South: 1981
- West: 181
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $173,600
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: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Brevard township, North Carolina:
- 375 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 254 people in nursing homes
- 207 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
- 158 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 19 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 8 people in other group homes
- 6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,313
- One, attached: 144
- Two: 217
- 3 or 4: 255
- 5 to 9: 121
- 10 to 19: 31
- 20 to 49: 55
- Mobile homes: 511
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,100
Housing units in Brevard township with a mortgage: 1,098 (114 second mortgage, 158 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,347
- Construction (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Paper (8%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Textile mills and textile products (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Paper (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Brevard township:
- United States or American (19.8%)
- English (13.8%)
- German (10.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (8.4%)
- Irish (8.3%)
- Italian (3.7%)
- Scottish (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Western Asia (15%)
- United Kingdom (15%)
- Other Northern Africa (11%)
- India (10%)
- Ukraine (6%)
- Germany (5%)
- Japan (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,222 (80%)
- Carpooled: 514 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Taxi: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 25 (1%)
- Walked: 166 (4%)
- Other means: 27 (1%)
- Worked at home: 82 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (45%)
- Electricity (31%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (3%)
People in group quarters in Brevard township, North Carolina:
- 375 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 254 people in nursing homes
- 207 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
- 158 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 19 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 8 people in other group homes
- 6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
94.9% of residents of Brevard township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (32% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 40% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,129- In family households: 7,371 (2,102 male householders, 593 female householders)
2,050 spouses, 2,190 children (1,982 natural, 77 adopted, 131 stepchildren), 187 grandchildren, 29 brothers or sisters, 47 parents, 93 other relatives, 80 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,758 (486 male householders (372 living alone)), 1,055 female householders (1,004 living alone)), 217 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,029 (262 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,519 2-persons, 543 3-persons, 405 4-persons, 148 5-persons, 36 6-persons, 44 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,376 1-person, 138 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 11 4-persons,
1,121 married couples with children.
578 single-parent households (114 men, 464 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
Here: | 1.6% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 43
Here: | 9.5% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 454
Here: | 63.1% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |