Gwaltneys township, Alexander County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Gwaltneys township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
73% of Gwaltneys 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, 72% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1822
- Northeast: 40
- Midwest: 60
- South: 199
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $58,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 563
- Mobile homes: 321
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,800
Housing units in Gwaltneys township with a mortgage: 150 (0 second mortgage, 27 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 134
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Construction (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Wood products (3%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (12%)
- Health care (10%)
- Textile mills and textile products (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (11%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Gwaltneys township:
- United States or American (38.6%)
- Irish (12.2%)
- German (11.2%)
- English (8.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.5%)
- Dutch (1.6%)
- Scottish (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (41%)
- El Salvador (24%)
- Panama (15%)
- Thailand (13%)
- Canada (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,003 (82%)
- Carpooled: 110 (9%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 36 (3%)
- Other means: 21 (2%)
- Worked at home: 50 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (46%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood (12%)
- Solar energy (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
96.5% of residents of Gwaltneys township speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,199- In family households: 2,017 (578 male householders, 80 female householders)
575 spouses, 693 children (648 natural, 0 adopted, 45 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 25 parents, 9 other relatives, 36 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 182 (90 male householders (78 living alone)), 61 female householders (57 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 272 2-persons, 160 3-persons, 144 4-persons, 50 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 135 1-person, 16 3-persons,
405 married couples with children.
83 single-parent households (23 men, 60 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 3.4% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18
| Here: | 12.3% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |