Brogden township, Wayne County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 80.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.7 sq. mi.
Population: 20,753 (63% urban, 37% rural)
| Males: 9,941 |  (47.9%) |
| Females: 10,812 |  (52.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 20,278 (14,992 owner occupied, 5,286 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 26% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Brogden township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 51.5%
- Black: 41.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 0.6%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 5.5%
- Two or more races: 0.8%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 34.8
Median age of females: 36.3
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Average household size: 2.62
| Brogden township: | 2.6 people |
| North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.09
| Brogden township: | $42,193 |
| North Carolina: | $45,906 |
| Here: | $545 |
| State: | $619 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $117,700 (it was $77,000 in 2000)
| : | $117,700 |
| North Carolina: | $154,300 |
| Population density: 257 people per square mile | (high). |
| This township: | 27.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
| This township: | 8.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.5% |
Cities in this township include: Mount Olive, Mar-Mac, Brogden.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Brogden township include: Hill Chapel (A), Jones Grove Church (B), Thunder Swamp Church (C), Augusta Church (D), Baker Church (E), Black Jack Grove Church (F), Wesley Church (G), Brogden Chapel (H), Woodland Friends Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Wayne Memorial Park (1), Carver Memorial Park (2), Price Cemetery (3), Rhodes Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Quaker Neck Lake (A), Durhams Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Edwards Branch (A), Carraway Creek (B), Brooks Swamp (C), Thunder Swamp (D), Tar Kiln Branch (E), Poplar Branch (F), Lee Branch (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
67% of Brogden township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 681
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 52
- South: 420
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
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
People in group quarters in Brogden township, North Carolina:
- 227 people in nursing homes
- 216 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 13 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 341
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 7
- Mobile homes: 126
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,800
Housing units in Brogden township with a mortgage: 58 (0 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 150
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (30%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Other direct selling establishments (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Paper (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (22%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (12%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Brogden township:
- United States or American (14.3%)
- English (7.0%)
- African (4.9%)
- Irish (3.6%)
- Italian (1.7%)
- French (except Basque) (1.2%)
- Dutch (1.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 308 (79%)
- Carpooled: 53 (14%)
- Walked: 20 (5%)
- Other means: 7 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- Wood (2%)
People in group quarters in Brogden township, North Carolina:
- 227 people in nursing homes
- 216 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 13 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other group homes
98.9% of residents of Brogden township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,178- In family households: 1,077 (227 male householders, 110 female householders)
198 spouses, 341 children (310 natural, 0 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 128 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 35 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 101 (47 male householders (42 living alone)), 35 female householders (26 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 136 2-persons, 76 3-persons, 42 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 68 1-person, 11 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
2,975 married couples with children.
1,699 single-parent households (304 men, 1,395 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 3.3% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.3% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 27.3% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |