Cherry Lane township, Alleghany County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (43% naturalized citizens)
| Cherry Lane township: | 3.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Cherry Lane township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1059
- Northeast: 61
- Midwest: 47
- South: 324
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $127,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,150
- One, attached: 34
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 19
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 157
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 22
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,800
Housing units in Cherry Lane township with a mortgage: 195 (20 second mortgage, 53 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 230
- Construction (20%)
- Food (9%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Health care (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Apparel (10%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Carpenters (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Food processing workers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cherry Lane township:
- United States or American (36.7%)
- English (16.4%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (9.0%)
- German (7.7%)
- European (2.9%)
- Italian (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (65%)
- Other Eastern Asia (27%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 588 (83%)
- Carpooled: 95 (13%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 13 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (43%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Wood (9%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
93.1% of residents of Cherry Lane township speak English at home.
4.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 19% speak English not well, 30% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,566- In family households: 1,336 (472 male householders, 35 female householders)
445 spouses, 336 children (306 natural, 0 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 0 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 230 (90 male householders (61 living alone)), 95 female householders (90 living alone)), 45 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 331 2-persons, 95 3-persons, 56 4-persons, 25 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 151 1-person, 29 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
227 married couples with children.
48 single-parent households (23 men, 25 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 4.1% |
| 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: 5
| Here: | 10.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |