Creston township, Ashe County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 25.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 786 (all rural)
Males: 393 | (50.0%) |
Females: 393 | (50.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 786 (598 owner occupied, 188 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 24% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Creston township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.4%
- Black: 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 39.8
Median age of females: 40.1
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Average household size: 2.49
Creston township: | 2.5 people |
North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.87
Creston township: | $35,888 |
North Carolina: | $45,906 |
Here: | $450 |
State: | $619 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $151,588 (it was $86,800 in 2000)
: | $151,588 |
North Carolina: | $154,300 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $199,459
Here: $199,459 State: $219,576
Townhouses or other attached units: $163,916
Here: $163,916 State: $173,086
In 2-unit structures: $327,118
Here: $327,118 State: $165,738
Mobile homes: $123,832
Here: $123,832 State: $64,697
Population density: 30 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 16.1% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
This township: | 7.4% |
Whole state: | 5.5% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Creston township include: Three Top Church (A), Ben Bolen Church (B), Berea Church (C), Riverview Missionary Baptist Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Milam Cemetery (1), Mock Cemetery (2), Oliver Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Big Branch (A), Ben Bolen Creek (B), Big Laurel Creek (C), Three Top Creek (D), Long Hope Creek (E), Little Laurel Creek (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
53% of Creston township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 517
- Northeast: 26
- Midwest: 11
- South: 106
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
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: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 200
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 14
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 145
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,900
Housing units in Creston township with a mortgage: 19 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 27
- Repair and maintenance (20%)
- Construction (17%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (10%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (15%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (13%)
- Apparel (10%)
- Computer and electronic products (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (20%)
- Woodworkers (18%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (16%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Creston township:
- United States or American (34.0%)
- English (13.1%)
- Irish (11.8%)
- German (11.3%)
- Scottish (8.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (7.1%)
- Scandinavian (1.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 203 (72%)
- Carpooled: 59 (21%)
- Walked: 7 (2%)
- Other means: 5 (2%)
- Worked at home: 8 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (53%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (12%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- No fuel used (2%)
98.0% of residents of Creston township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 660- In family households: 577 (180 male householders, 39 female householders)
164 spouses, 169 children (148 natural, 3 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 83 (37 male householders (37 living alone)), 46 female householders (46 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 119 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 9 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 83 1-person,
128 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (7 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |