Gardners township, Wilson County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Gardners township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
60% of Gardners township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3147
- Northeast: 134
- Midwest: 36
- South: 126
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $49,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
6 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
4 people in unknown juvenile institutions
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 924
- One, attached: 11
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 415
Median worth of mobile homes: $52,000
Housing units in Gardners township with a mortgage: 379 (55 second mortgage, 28 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 187
- Construction (13%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Gardners township:
- United States or American (34.4%)
- English (5.9%)
- Irish (3.4%)
- German (1.4%)
- African (1.2%)
- Norwegian (0.7%)
- French (except Basque) (0.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (87%)
- Jamaica (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,290 (81%)
- Carpooled: 243 (15%)
- Walked: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 51 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (38%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (3%)
6 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
4 people in unknown juvenile institutions
95.7% of residents of Gardners township speak English at home.
4.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (25% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 61% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,503- In family households: 3,157 (744 male householders, 255 female householders)
761 spouses, 1,012 children (922 natural, 50 adopted, 40 stepchildren), 159 grandchildren, 47 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 65 other relatives, 84 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 346 (117 male householders (86 living alone)), 174 female householders (158 living alone)), 55 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 17 (8 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 391 2-persons, 281 3-persons, 201 4-persons, 83 5-persons, 36 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 244 1-person, 32 2-persons, 15 3-persons,
523 married couples with children.
196 single-parent households (52 men, 144 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 1.7% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 2.4% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 21
| Here: | 34.4% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |