Cheeks township, Orange County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (34% naturalized citizens)
| Cheeks township: | 3.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Cheeks township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4821
- Northeast: 573
- Midwest: 226
- South: 983
- West: 156
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $59,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,128
- One, attached: 7
- 3 or 4: 25
- 5 to 9: 52
- Mobile homes: 735
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $68,900
Housing units in Cheeks township with a mortgage: 1,086 (111 second mortgage, 153 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 389
- Construction (13%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cheeks township:
- United States or American (20.2%)
- English (10.6%)
- German (9.5%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- Scottish (3.8%)
- African (3.1%)
- Italian (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (70%)
- Other Eastern Africa (9%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Other Western Europe (4%)
- Canada (4%)
- Vietnam (4%)
- Iran (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,651 (77%)
- Carpooled: 632 (18%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 27 (1%)
- Other means: 28 (1%)
- Worked at home: 109 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Utility gas (28%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
94.0% of residents of Cheeks township speak English at home.
4.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,120- In family households: 6,267 (1,613 male householders, 427 female householders)
1,645 spouses, 2,142 children (2,008 natural, 72 adopted, 62 stepchildren), 166 grandchildren, 34 brothers or sisters, 25 parents, 119 other relatives, 96 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 853 (356 male householders (284 living alone)), 345 female householders (293 living alone)), 152 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 838 2-persons, 565 3-persons, 349 4-persons, 191 5-persons, 54 6-persons, 43 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 577 1-person, 109 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 2 6-persons,
1,205 married couples with children.
367 single-parent households (89 men, 278 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 89
| Here: | 10.5% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 73
| Here: | 16.6% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 7.4% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |