Fairmont township, Robeson County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (93% naturalized citizens)
| Fairmont township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Fairmont township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 82% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5054
- Northeast: 192
- Midwest: 48
- South: 685
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
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 Fairmont township, North Carolina:
- 103 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,431
- One, attached: 95
- Two: 89
- 3 or 4: 148
- 5 to 9: 40
- 10 to 19: 5
- 20 to 49: 15
- 50 or more: 19
- Mobile homes: 707
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,200
Housing units in Fairmont township with a mortgage: 373 (12 second mortgage, 59 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 519
- Textile mills and textile products (14%)
- Construction (11%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (12%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fairmont township:
- United States or American (11.3%)
- English (2.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
- African (1.7%)
- Irish (1.6%)
- Scottish (1.5%)
- German (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (37%)
- Russia (30%)
- Cuba (26%)
- Mexico (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,516 (79%)
- Carpooled: 308 (16%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 43 (2%)
- Other means: 21 (1%)
- Worked at home: 21 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Fairmont township, North Carolina:
- 103 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.8% of residents of Fairmont township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 55% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,933- In family households: 5,198 (1,002 male householders, 643 female householders)
890 spouses, 1,918 children (1,700 natural, 60 adopted, 158 stepchildren), 272 grandchildren, 117 brothers or sisters, 29 parents, 141 other relatives, 186 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 735 (201 male householders (188 living alone)), 460 female householders (420 living alone)), 74 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 114 (96 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 596 2-persons, 462 3-persons, 349 4-persons, 122 5-persons, 99 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 608 1-person, 53 2-persons,
661 married couples with children.
686 single-parent households (89 men, 597 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 1.2% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 23
| Here: | 3.4% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 3.5% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |