Broad River township, Buncombe County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Broad River township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Broad River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 35% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 907
- Northeast: 111
- Midwest: 197
- South: 270
- West: 20
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $148,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 572
- One, attached: 9
- Mobile homes: 255
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,700
Housing units in Broad River township with a mortgage: 178 (25 second mortgage, 26 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 77
- Construction (23%)
- Health care (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Broad River township:
- English (24.3%)
- United States or American (21.8%)
- German (16.4%)
- Scottish (7.0%)
- Irish (6.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.5%)
- European (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Austria (58%)
- Africa, n.e.c. (24%)
- France (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 656 (79%)
- Carpooled: 110 (13%)
- Walked: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 49 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (34%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Wood (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Solar energy (2%)
98.1% of residents of Broad River township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,538- In family households: 1,325 (344 male householders, 115 female householders)
385 spouses, 386 children (345 natural, 41 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 54 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 16 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 213 (114 male householders (95 living alone)), 60 female householders (47 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 255 2-persons, 97 3-persons, 62 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 142 1-person, 27 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
256 married couples with children.
47 single-parent households (18 men, 29 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 1.6% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |