Grantham township, Wayne County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (46% naturalized citizens)
| Grantham township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Grantham township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3154
- Northeast: 129
- Midwest: 108
- South: 348
- West: 75
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $13,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
3 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,037
- Two: 13
- Mobile homes: 695
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,300
Housing units in Grantham township with a mortgage: 331 (37 second mortgage, 51 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 196
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Food (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grantham township:
- United States or American (42.1%)
- Irish (10.0%)
- English (9.9%)
- German (3.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
- European (1.7%)
- Scottish (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (71%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Vietnam (8%)
- Poland (6%)
- Honduras (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,573 (82%)
- Carpooled: 259 (14%)
- Walked: 30 (2%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 44 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (2%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
3 people in homes for the mentally ill
92.0% of residents of Grantham township speak English at home.
7.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,983- In family households: 3,479 (921 male householders, 249 female householders)
868 spouses, 1,129 children (1,019 natural, 41 adopted, 69 stepchildren), 106 grandchildren, 26 brothers or sisters, 45 parents, 33 other relatives, 102 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 504 (196 male householders (144 living alone)), 209 female householders (194 living alone)), 99 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 500 2-persons, 310 3-persons, 256 4-persons, 68 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 338 1-person, 55 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 6 5-persons,
718 married couples with children.
202 single-parent households (70 men, 132 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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% |