Franklin township, Surry County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (59% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1378
- Northeast: 30
- Midwest: 83
- South: 493
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $39,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
61 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 563
- One, attached: 26
- Mobile homes: 392
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,400
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 151 (20 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 137
- Construction (21%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (17%)
- Apparel (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Textile mills and textile products (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (16%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Woodworkers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Waiters and waitresses (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- United States or American (55.5%)
- German (10.9%)
- English (8.8%)
- Irish (7.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.8%)
- Dutch (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (67%)
- Netherlands (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 704 (75%)
- Carpooled: 189 (20%)
- Walked: 23 (2%)
- Worked at home: 17 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (43%)
- Electricity (36%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood (6%)
61 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.2% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,956- In family households: 1,687 (479 male householders, 134 female householders)
527 spouses, 447 children (432 natural, 0 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 41 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 21 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 269 (141 male householders (103 living alone)), 81 female householders (81 living alone)), 47 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 62 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 316 2-persons, 172 3-persons, 110 4-persons, 15 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 184 1-person, 29 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
357 married couples with children.
82 single-parent households (20 men, 62 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 7.5% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |