Ellijay township, Macon County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Ellijay township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Ellijay township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% 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: 1105
- Northeast: 302
- Midwest: 280
- South: 557
- West: 59
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $72,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,221
- One, attached: 8
- 3 or 4: 9
- Mobile homes: 352
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,700
Housing units in Ellijay township with a mortgage: 249 (16 second mortgage, 44 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 324
- Construction (34%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Painters and paperhangers (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (10%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ellijay township:
- United States or American (16.4%)
- Irish (13.0%)
- German (12.7%)
- English (10.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (7.3%)
- Scottish (5.6%)
- French (except Basque) (5.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Hong Kong (44%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (31%)
- France (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 748 (87%)
- Carpooled: 91 (11%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 14 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (36%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Wood (13%)
- Solar energy (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
96.5% of residents of Ellijay township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (27% speak English very well, 42% speak English well, 31% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 52% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,342- In family households: 1,999 (657 male householders, 105 female householders)
646 spouses, 462 children (446 natural, 11 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 44 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 46 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 343 (138 male householders (123 living alone)), 181 female householders (175 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 495 2-persons, 148 3-persons, 82 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 18 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 298 1-person, 14 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
343 married couples with children.
83 single-parent households (28 men, 55 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 4.5% |
| 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: 9
| Here: | 9.3% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |