Buck Swamp township, Wayne County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (17% naturalized citizens)
| Buck Swamp township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
58% of Buck Swamp township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3111
- Northeast: 225
- Midwest: 222
- South: 502
- West: 102
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,183
- Two: 9
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 493
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,800
Housing units in Buck Swamp township with a mortgage: 625 (72 second mortgage, 168 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 251
- Construction (11%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buck Swamp township:
- United States or American (36.9%)
- English (10.8%)
- Irish (5.1%)
- German (4.9%)
- Italian (3.8%)
- Polish (2.0%)
- Scottish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (52%)
- United Kingdom (27%)
- Asia, n.e.c. (5%)
- Other Western Asia (4%)
- Korea (3%)
- Philippines (3%)
- Thailand (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,928 (84%)
- Carpooled: 247 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 6 (0%)
- Other means: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 86 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (60%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
94.0% of residents of Buck Swamp township speak English at home.
4.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 39% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,400- In family households: 4,003 (1,109 male householders, 208 female householders)
1,068 spouses, 1,409 children (1,293 natural, 31 adopted, 85 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 29 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 48 other relatives, 90 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 397 (157 male householders (128 living alone)), 171 female householders (145 living alone)), 69 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 500 2-persons, 367 3-persons, 307 4-persons, 105 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 273 1-person, 36 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
929 married couples with children.
235 single-parent households (71 men, 164 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 37
| Here: | 6.6% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 4.3% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18
| Here: | 11.4% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |