Cerro Gordo township, Columbus County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Cerro Gordo township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of Cerro Gordo township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1607
- Northeast: 82
- Midwest: 4
- South: 342
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 530
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 369
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $50,600
Housing units in Cerro Gordo township with a mortgage: 117 (10 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 158
- Construction (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Paper (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cerro Gordo township:
- United States or American (37.4%)
- English (10.4%)
- German (5.0%)
- Irish (3.4%)
- Scottish (2.9%)
- European (1.8%)
- French (except Basque) (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- El Salvador (67%)
- Germany (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 677 (77%)
- Carpooled: 138 (16%)
- Walked: 23 (3%)
- Other means: 14 (2%)
- Worked at home: 25 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
98.1% of residents of Cerro Gordo township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,091- In family households: 1,870 (470 male householders, 151 female householders)
444 spouses, 585 children (533 natural, 10 adopted, 42 stepchildren), 96 grandchildren, 41 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 32 other relatives, 44 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 221 (70 male householders (64 living alone)), 133 female householders (130 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 270 2-persons, 161 3-persons, 111 4-persons, 63 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 194 1-person, 8 2-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
336 married couples with children.
129 single-parent households (32 men, 97 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 3.7% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 8.5% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
| Here: | 9.8% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |