Danbury township, Stokes County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 32.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,229 (all rural)
| Males: 588 |  (47.8%) |
| Females: 641 |  (52.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,106 (969 owner occupied, 137 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 12% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Danbury township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.6%
- Black: 2.1%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.2%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.6%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 39.9
Median age of females: 41.0
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Average household size: 2.47
| Danbury township: | 2.5 people |
| North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.88
| Danbury township: | $39,061 |
| North Carolina: | $45,906 |
| Here: | $460 |
| State: | $619 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $118,638 (it was $84,000 in 2000)
| : | $118,638 |
| North Carolina: | $154,300 |
| Population density: 38 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 10.9% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
| This township: | 6.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.5% |
Cities in this township include: Danbury.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Danbury township: Hanging Rock State Park Site (A), Moratuck Furnace (B), Moratuck Park Site (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Danbury township include: Cedar Falls Church (A), North View Church (B), Pleasant View Primitive Baptist Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Martin Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoirs: Stedman Lake (A), Taylor Lake (B), Camelot Woods Lake (C), Hanging Rock Park Lake (D), J S Hedgecock Lake (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Cascade Creek (A), Buck Island Creek (B), Scott Branch (C), Sandy Run (D), Redman Creek (E), Camp Creek (F), Indian Creek (G), Flat Shoals Creek (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Danbury township include: Moratuck Park (1), Hanging Rock State Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
68% of Danbury township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 83% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 467
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 68
- South: 9
- West: 20
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Danbury township, North Carolina:
- 39 people in nursing homes
- 35 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 35 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 33 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 12 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 218
- Two: 2
- 20 to 49: 2
Housing units in Danbury township with a mortgage: 50 (2 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 53
- Construction (19%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Beverage and tobacco products (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Health care (31%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Private households (4%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Danbury township:
- German (54.3%)
- Dutch (12.9%)
- Norwegian (12.2%)
- United States or American (5.9%)
- English (4.1%)
- French (except Basque) (3.9%)
- Irish (2.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 152 (59%)
- Carpooled: 42 (16%)
- Walked: 8 (3%)
- Worked at home: 56 (22%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Electricity (17%)
People in group quarters in Danbury township, North Carolina:
- 39 people in nursing homes
- 35 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 35 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 33 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 12 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.3% of residents of Danbury township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 530- In family households: 467 (134 male householders, 10 female householders)
148 spouses, 163 children (141 natural, 3 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 9 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 63 (32 male householders (32 living alone)), 29 female householders (27 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 34 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 72 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 27 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 59 1-person, 2 2-persons,
179 married couples with children.
34 single-parent households (8 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 17.6% |
| 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% |