Franklin township, Macon County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (48% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 3.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
58% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 23% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5969
- Northeast: 1193
- Midwest: 1192
- South: 3269
- West: 338
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $81,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
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 Franklin township, North Carolina:
- 65 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 31 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in other types of correctional institutions
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,835
- One, attached: 80
- Two: 139
- 3 or 4: 118
- 5 to 9: 223
- 10 to 19: 78
- 20 to 49: 22
- Mobile homes: 1,376
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 31
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,800
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 1,770 (145 second mortgage, 295 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,355
- Construction (23%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Carpenters (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- United States or American (21.1%)
- German (13.9%)
- English (13.5%)
- Irish (9.5%)
- Scottish (7.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.5%)
- Italian (4.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (21%)
- Guatemala (12%)
- Taiwan (10%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Germany (8%)
- Vietnam (6%)
- Korea (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,210 (82%)
- Carpooled: 592 (12%)
- Bicycle: 14 (0%)
- Walked: 52 (1%)
- Other means: 13 (0%)
- Worked at home: 251 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Franklin township, North Carolina:
- 65 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 31 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in other types of correctional institutions
95.7% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (41% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 32% speak English not well, 23% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 41% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (81% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 12,310- In family households: 10,200 (2,704 male householders, 786 female householders)
2,829 spouses, 3,147 children (2,886 natural, 84 adopted, 177 stepchildren), 212 grandchildren, 94 brothers or sisters, 72 parents, 123 other relatives, 233 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,110 (667 male householders (552 living alone)), 1,197 female householders (1,121 living alone)), 246 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 117 (11 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,757 2-persons, 784 3-persons, 560 4-persons, 260 5-persons, 104 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,673 1-person, 167 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 3 6-persons,
1,857 married couples with children.
658 single-parent households (155 men, 503 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 72
| Here: | 5.1% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 23
| Here: | 4.0% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 44
| Here: | 11.9% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |