Center township, Chatham County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (22% naturalized citizens)
Center township: | 3.9% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
58% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3942
- Northeast: 569
- Midwest: 347
- South: 612
- West: 171
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
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 Center township, North Carolina:
- 201 people in nursing homes
- 30 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 15 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,765
- One, attached: 41
- Two: 49
- 3 or 4: 90
- 5 to 9: 35
- 10 to 19: 12
- 20 to 49: 14
- 50 or more: 3
- Mobile homes: 462
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,400
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 866 (49 second mortgage, 103 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 301
- Construction (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- English (13.5%)
- United States or American (13.2%)
- German (8.3%)
- Irish (5.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.5%)
- African (3.3%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (67%)
- Russia (9%)
- Guatemala (8%)
- India (5%)
- Other Western Asia (3%)
- El Salvador (3%)
- Germany (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,298 (79%)
- Carpooled: 401 (14%)
- Walked: 54 (2%)
- Other means: 17 (1%)
- Worked at home: 145 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Utility gas (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Wood (4%)
People in group quarters in Center township, North Carolina:
- 201 people in nursing homes
- 30 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 15 people in other nonhousehold living situations
93.0% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
5.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 36% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,678- In family households: 4,891 (1,125 male householders, 525 female householders)
1,260 spouses, 1,598 children (1,474 natural, 33 adopted, 91 stepchildren), 152 grandchildren, 65 brothers or sisters, 39 parents, 81 other relatives, 46 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 787 (257 male householders (208 living alone)), 412 female householders (353 living alone)), 118 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 250 (217 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 748 2-persons, 433 3-persons, 296 4-persons, 118 5-persons, 42 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 561 1-person, 101 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
889 married couples with children.
318 single-parent households (48 men, 270 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
Here: | 2.9% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
Here: | 7.3% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |