Dabney township, Vance County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (15% naturalized citizens)
| Dabney township: | 5.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Dabney township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1862
- Northeast: 122
- Midwest: 55
- South: 223
- West: 31
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $129,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 570
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 8
- 20 to 49: 7
- Mobile homes: 382
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,900
Housing units in Dabney township with a mortgage: 336 (11 second mortgage, 77 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 122
- Construction (14%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dabney township:
- United States or American (36.2%)
- English (8.0%)
- European (2.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
- Dutch (1.5%)
- Scottish (1.4%)
- African (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (67%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (24%)
- Haiti (5%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,152 (87%)
- Carpooled: 148 (11%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 10 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (62%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (3%)
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
91.3% of residents of Dabney township speak English at home.
6.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 39% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English very well, 48% speak English well).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English well, 55% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,410- In family households: 2,196 (556 male householders, 151 female householders)
606 spouses, 735 children (714 natural, 0 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 13 other relatives, 71 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 214 (73 male householders (69 living alone)), 123 female householders (102 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 277 2-persons, 177 3-persons, 160 4-persons, 57 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 171 1-person, 25 2-persons,
435 married couples with children.
124 single-parent households (26 men, 98 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 25
| Here: | 7.5% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |