Camp Creek township, Rutherford County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 36.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 1,247 (all rural)
| Males: 615 |  (49.3%) |
| Females: 632 |  (50.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,195 (1,048 owner occupied, 147 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 12% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Camp Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 77.9%
- Black: 19.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 40.2
Median age of females: 40.2
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Average household size: 2.46
| Camp Creek township: | 2.5 people |
| North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.92
| Camp Creek township: | $34,993 |
| North Carolina: | $45,906 |
| Here: | $411 |
| State: | $619 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $104,600 (it was $71,300 in 2000)
| : | $104,600 |
| North Carolina: | $154,300 |
| Population density: 34 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 29.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
| This township: | 14.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.5% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Camp Creek township include: Mount Pleasant Church (A), Owens Chapel (B), Union Mills Presbyterian Church (C), Thermal City Methodist Church (D), Round Hill Church (E), Piney Ridge Church (F), Centennial Church (G), Camp Creek Church (H), Grace Tabernacle (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Liberty Hill Cemetery (1), Pleasant Hill Cemetery (2), Centennial Cemetery (3), Camp Creek Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: W W Jones Lake (A), Matt Brooks Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Crawley Branch (A), Cobb Branch (B), California Branch (C), Buncomb Branch (D), Box Creek (E), Stoney Creek (F), Shoal Branch (G), Gap Branch (H), Frog Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
60% of Camp Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3683
- Northeast: 38
- Midwest: 186
- South: 395
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $21,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.8% of all households
People in group quarters in Camp Creek township, North Carolina:
- 18 people in nursing homes
- 11 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 9 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
- 8 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 6 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,215
- One, attached: 44
- Two: 211
- 3 or 4: 49
- 5 to 9: 43
- 10 to 19: 17
- 20 to 49: 31
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 241
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,200
Housing units in Camp Creek township with a mortgage: 396 (34 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 400
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (17%)
- Textile mills and textile products (12%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Health care (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Textile mills and textile products (14%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (12%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Plant and system operators (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (20%)
- Health technologists and technicians (11%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (10%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Camp Creek township:
- United States or American (21.6%)
- German (5.1%)
- Irish (3.2%)
- English (2.7%)
- Swedish (0.9%)
- French (except Basque) (0.8%)
- Italian (0.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,074 (76%)
- Carpooled: 193 (14%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 42 (3%)
- Other means: 34 (2%)
- Worked at home: 56 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (2%)
People in group quarters in Camp Creek township, North Carolina:
- 18 people in nursing homes
- 11 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 9 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
- 8 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 6 people in other group homes
97.5% of residents of Camp Creek township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,219- In family households: 3,592 (713 male householders, 416 female householders)
725 spouses, 1,426 children (1,265 natural, 46 adopted, 115 stepchildren), 141 grandchildren, 26 brothers or sisters, 32 parents, 56 other relatives, 57 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 627 (237 male householders (226 living alone)), 334 female householders (302 living alone)), 56 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 113 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 505 2-persons, 245 3-persons, 222 4-persons, 76 5-persons, 51 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 528 1-person, 32 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
190 married couples with children.
56 single-parent households (19 men, 37 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 68
| Here: | 10.8% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 31
| Here: | 11.8% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |