Dan River township, Caswell County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Dan River township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
71% of Dan River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 29% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1202
- Northeast: 69
- Midwest: 4
- South: 1394
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Dan River township, North Carolina:
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 883
- One, attached: 9
- Mobile homes: 291
Median worth of mobile homes: $53,500
Housing units in Dan River township with a mortgage: 268 (23 second mortgage, 40 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 276
- Construction (17%)
- Plastics and rubber products (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Textile mills and textile products (9%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dan River township:
- United States or American (26.7%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- English (8.0%)
- German (7.6%)
- European (2.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (26%)
- Other Caribbean (23%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Other Eastern Europe (17%)
- Mexico (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 990 (82%)
- Carpooled: 155 (13%)
- Walked: 12 (1%)
- Other means: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 36 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Solar energy (1%)
People in group quarters in Dan River township, North Carolina:
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.7% of residents of Dan River township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (19% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 40% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,669- In family households: 2,323 (619 male householders, 185 female householders)
625 spouses, 741 children (686 natural, 14 adopted, 41 stepchildren), 57 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 49 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 346 (84 male householders (74 living alone)), 239 female householders (221 living alone)), 23 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 56 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 387 2-persons, 205 3-persons, 130 4-persons, 58 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 295 1-person, 28 2-persons,
406 married couples with children.
124 single-parent households (33 men, 91 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 40
| Here: | 16.1% |
| 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: 20
| Here: | 16.8% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |