Columbia township, Pender County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (14% naturalized citizens)
Columbia township: | 5.3% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Columbia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% 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: 1765
- Northeast: 126
- Midwest: 7
- South: 71
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 470
- Mobile homes: 452
Median worth of mobile homes: $48,100
Housing units in Columbia township with a mortgage: 134 (12 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 135
- Construction (21%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Apparel (12%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (22%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Columbia township:
- United States or American (15.3%)
- English (5.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
- German (1.8%)
- Irish (1.7%)
- Dutch (1.0%)
- Scottish (0.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (66%)
- Honduras (30%)
- Cambodia (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 541 (75%)
- Carpooled: 111 (15%)
- Walked: 19 (3%)
- Other means: 13 (2%)
- Worked at home: 42 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (57%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (1%)
2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
93.4% of residents of Columbia township speak English at home.
5.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (31% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,112- In family households: 1,842 (396 male householders, 194 female householders)
377 spouses, 724 children (709 natural, 5 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 52 grandchildren, 47 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 8 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 270 (100 male householders (85 living alone)), 137 female householders (127 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 239 2-persons, 147 3-persons, 98 4-persons, 68 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 212 1-person, 19 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
358 married couples with children.
157 single-parent households (18 men, 139 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
Here: | 6.0% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
Here: | 9.6% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
Here: | 27.8% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |