Gulf township, Chatham County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (51% naturalized citizens)
Gulf township: | 1.3% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
73% of Gulf township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2674
- Northeast: 141
- Midwest: 57
- South: 296
- West: 40
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
36 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,102
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 17
- Mobile homes: 360
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,300
Housing units in Gulf township with a mortgage: 335 (43 second mortgage, 37 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 251
- Construction (12%)
- Textile mills and textile products (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (14%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Gulf township:
- United States or American (26.3%)
- English (9.7%)
- German (8.1%)
- Irish (4.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.4%)
- African (4.0%)
- Scottish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (27%)
- Russia (24%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Middle Africa (12%)
- El Salvador (12%)
- Netherlands (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,256 (77%)
- Carpooled: 249 (15%)
- Walked: 36 (2%)
- Other means: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 73 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Wood (11%)
- Utility gas (10%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
36 people in nursing homes
96.7% of residents of Gulf township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,225- In family households: 2,858 (751 male householders, 228 female householders)
771 spouses, 881 children (760 natural, 40 adopted, 81 stepchildren), 70 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 34 parents, 52 other relatives, 55 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 367 (175 male householders (149 living alone)), 157 female householders (148 living alone)), 35 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 36 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 458 2-persons, 238 3-persons, 179 4-persons, 91 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 297 1-person, 35 2-persons,
497 married couples with children.
139 single-parent households (30 men, 109 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
Here: | 2.5% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
Here: | 6.7% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
Here: | 9.2% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |