Halifax township, Halifax County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (46% naturalized citizens)
| Halifax township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Halifax township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2384
- Northeast: 221
- Midwest: 22
- South: 225
- West: 27
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $19,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
People in group quarters in Halifax township, North Carolina:
- 1,016 people in state prisons
- 84 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 24 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 462
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 4
- 10 to 19: 6
- 20 to 49: 5
- Mobile homes: 351
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,800
Housing units in Halifax township with a mortgage: 126 (9 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 124
- Public administration (26%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Health care (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (8%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (14%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Halifax township:
- English (4.4%)
- African (4.1%)
- United States or American (3.5%)
- Irish (2.4%)
- German (1.0%)
- European (0.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (0.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Trinidad and Tobago (31%)
- El Salvador (27%)
- Mexico (23%)
- Italy (19%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 461 (67%)
- Carpooled: 200 (29%)
- Walked: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 23 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Electricity (38%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Wood (5%)
People in group quarters in Halifax township, North Carolina:
- 1,016 people in state prisons
- 84 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 24 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.0% of residents of Halifax township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,785- In family households: 1,548 (328 male householders, 178 female householders)
329 spouses, 429 children (382 natural, 9 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 162 grandchildren, 34 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 3 other relatives, 54 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 237 (119 male householders (96 living alone)), 89 female householders (88 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,126 (1,100 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 235 2-persons, 119 3-persons, 72 4-persons, 51 5-persons, 29 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 184 1-person, 24 2-persons,
199 married couples with children.
111 single-parent households (22 men, 89 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 27
| Here: | 10.6% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 3.3% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |