Grove township, Harnett County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (21% naturalized citizens)
| Grove township: | 6.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7043
- Northeast: 442
- Midwest: 294
- South: 1015
- West: 126
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $91,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,447
- One, attached: 33
- Two: 49
- 3 or 4: 26
- 5 to 9: 34
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 1,346
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,600
Housing units in Grove township with a mortgage: 1,102 (88 second mortgage, 118 home equity loan, 16 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 517
- Construction (31%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Painters and paperhangers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grove township:
- United States or American (34.8%)
- English (9.1%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.9%)
- German (3.4%)
- Italian (2.1%)
- European (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (85%)
- Germany (4%)
- Honduras (4%)
- Lebanon (2%)
- Argentina (1%)
- Japan (1%)
- Jamaica (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,318 (71%)
- Carpooled: 1,103 (24%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 34 (1%)
- Other means: 60 (1%)
- Worked at home: 160 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (60%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
90.7% of residents of Grove township speak English at home.
8.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (34% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 22% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (21% speak English very well, 50% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,617- In family households: 8,378 (2,000 male householders, 636 female householders)
1,996 spouses, 2,868 children (2,581 natural, 42 adopted, 245 stepchildren), 202 grandchildren, 170 brothers or sisters, 87 parents, 184 other relatives, 235 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,239 (494 male householders (339 living alone)), 478 female householders (419 living alone)), 267 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,030 2-persons, 723 3-persons, 527 4-persons, 225 5-persons, 106 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 758 1-person, 163 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 15 4-persons,
1,640 married couples with children.
568 single-parent households (171 men, 397 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 77
| Here: | 6.5% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 2.9% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 188
| Here: | 47.4% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |