Ferrells township, Nash County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (8% naturalized citizens)
| Ferrells township: | 5.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Ferrells township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2118
- Northeast: 112
- Midwest: 91
- South: 182
- West: 28
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 485
- Mobile homes: 606
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,300
Housing units in Ferrells township with a mortgage: 151 (21 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 149
- Construction (24%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ferrells township:
- United States or American (33.6%)
- English (12.7%)
- Irish (4.8%)
- German (4.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.9%)
- Italian (2.0%)
- Brazilian (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (82%)
- Brazil (10%)
- Japan (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 950 (71%)
- Carpooled: 344 (26%)
- Worked at home: 48 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (49%)
- Electricity (42%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
90.5% of residents of Ferrells township speak English at home.
7.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,676- In family households: 2,332 (654 male householders, 93 female householders)
700 spouses, 719 children (660 natural, 0 adopted, 59 stepchildren), 29 grandchildren, 21 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 37 other relatives, 62 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 344 (165 male householders (131 living alone)), 119 female householders (96 living alone)), 60 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 300 2-persons, 202 3-persons, 116 4-persons, 86 5-persons, 37 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 227 1-person, 45 2-persons, 12 3-persons,
446 married couples with children.
161 single-parent households (40 men, 121 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 57
| Here: | 19.1% |
| 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: 17
| Here: | 21.5% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |