Dunns Rock township, Transylvania County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (69% naturalized citizens)
Dunns Rock township: | 3.5% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
58% of Dunns Rock township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 17% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1311
- Northeast: 954
- Midwest: 688
- South: 818
- West: 216
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,327
- One, attached: 33
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 61
- 5 to 9: 36
- Mobile homes: 114
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,500
Housing units in Dunns Rock township with a mortgage: 656 (61 second mortgage, 140 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 759
- Construction (12%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (5%)
- Health care (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dunns Rock township:
- English (20.8%)
- United States or American (14.3%)
- German (14.1%)
- Irish (10.7%)
- Scottish (6.0%)
- French (except Basque) (5.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (20%)
- Other Northern Europe (11%)
- Other Eastern Europe (10%)
- Japan (8%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Hungary (7%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,244 (84%)
- Carpooled: 118 (8%)
- Bicycle: 12 (1%)
- Walked: 26 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 83 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (65%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (1%)
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.2% of residents of Dunns Rock township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,141- In family households: 3,544 (1,258 male householders, 191 female householders)
1,258 spouses, 711 children (671 natural, 24 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 36 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 32 parents, 9 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 597 (177 male householders (160 living alone)), 324 female householders (264 living alone)), 96 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 5 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,025 2-persons, 217 3-persons, 136 4-persons, 71 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 424 1-person, 71 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
405 married couples with children.
99 single-parent households (34 men, 65 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
Here: | 2.2% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
Here: | 10.5% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 26
Here: | 12.4% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |