Harkers Island township, Carteret County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Harkers Island township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
78% of Harkers Island 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, 44% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1409
- Northeast: 50
- Midwest: 24
- South: 94
- West: 10
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
6 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 759
- Mobile homes: 402
Median worth of mobile homes: $53,800
Housing units in Harkers Island township with a mortgage: 252 (0 second mortgage, 49 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 197
- Construction (24%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Public administration (14%)
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Private households (4%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (4%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (16%)
- Carpenters (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (7%)
- Rail and water transportation workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (13%)
- Health technologists and technicians (13%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Child care workers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harkers Island township:
- English (42.1%)
- United States or American (37.9%)
- Irish (4.6%)
- British (2.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
- German (2.2%)
- Italian (1.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 397 (64%)
- Carpooled: 175 (28%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 45 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (42%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- No fuel used (2%)
6 people in nursing homes
96.4% of residents of Harkers Island township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,580- In family households: 1,394 (440 male householders, 83 female householders)
435 spouses, 391 children (384 natural, 0 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 23 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 186 (67 male householders (51 living alone)), 75 female householders (57 living alone)), 44 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 307 2-persons, 128 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 108 1-person, 19 2-persons, 15 3-persons,
192 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (9 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 5.3% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
| Here: | 23.5% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 7.8% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |