Grifton township, Pitt County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (20% naturalized citizens)
| Grifton township: | 3.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
58% of Grifton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3433
- Northeast: 293
- Midwest: 105
- South: 373
- West: 68
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $19,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
41 people in nursing homes
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,080
- One, attached: 29
- Two: 28
- 3 or 4: 59
- 5 to 9: 17
- 20 to 49: 8
- Mobile homes: 630
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 154
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,800
Housing units in Grifton township with a mortgage: 462 (56 second mortgage, 108 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 260
- Construction (16%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grifton township:
- United States or American (29.1%)
- English (8.7%)
- Irish (6.7%)
- German (3.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
- Scottish (1.7%)
- Italian (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (59%)
- Afghanistan (10%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Colombia (6%)
- Canada (6%)
- Germany (3%)
- Honduras (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,534 (83%)
- Carpooled: 248 (13%)
- Walked: 11 (1%)
- Other means: 22 (1%)
- Worked at home: 43 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Wood (1%)
41 people in nursing homes
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
94.1% of residents of Grifton township speak English at home.
4.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (32% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 30% speak English not well, 21% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,388- In family households: 3,878 (881 male householders, 378 female householders)
927 spouses, 1,312 children (1,209 natural, 31 adopted, 72 stepchildren), 84 grandchildren, 43 brothers or sisters, 50 parents, 76 other relatives, 127 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 510 (216 male householders (188 living alone)), 217 female householders (183 living alone)), 77 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 54 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 564 2-persons, 295 3-persons, 241 4-persons, 100 5-persons, 34 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 371 1-person, 57 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
625 married couples with children.
336 single-parent households (54 men, 282 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 57
| Here: | 10.3% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
| Here: | 6.8% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 23
| Here: | 11.1% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |