Croatan township, Dare County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (21% naturalized citizens)
Croatan township: | 2.7% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
67% of Croatan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 635
- Northeast: 48
- Midwest: 10
- South: 301
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $132,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 306
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 7
- Mobile homes: 202
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Croatan township with a mortgage: 95 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 110
- Public administration (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Repair and maintenance (14%)
- Construction (11%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Public administration (26%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (10%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (10%)
- Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (16%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Electricians (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (15%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (11%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (11%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Business operations specialists (7%)
- Top executives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Croatan township:
- English (27.3%)
- United States or American (25.0%)
- French (except Basque) (9.5%)
- German (9.3%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (79%)
- France (21%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 392 (77%)
- Carpooled: 67 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 22 (4%)
- Worked at home: 18 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Wood (5%)
- No fuel used (4%)
96.4% of residents of Croatan township speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (21% speak English very well, 79% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,032- In family households: 971 (283 male householders, 44 female householders)
305 spouses, 281 children (251 natural, 0 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 61 (41 male householders (41 living alone)), 20 female householders (20 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 141 2-persons, 99 3-persons, 50 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 61 1-person,
182 married couples with children.
42 single-parent households (16 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 38
Here: | 48.1% |
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: 6
Here: | 40.0% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |