Harris township, Franklin County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (22% naturalized citizens)
| Harris township: | 3.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
56% of Harris township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3767
- Northeast: 586
- Midwest: 361
- South: 710
- West: 98
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $79,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,319
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 17
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 1,086
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Harris township with a mortgage: 686 (116 second mortgage, 93 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 219
- Construction (24%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Utilities (3%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harris township:
- United States or American (25.2%)
- English (12.6%)
- German (8.7%)
- Irish (8.3%)
- Italian (2.9%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (70%)
- Brazil (5%)
- Turkey (4%)
- Canada (4%)
- Germany (3%)
- Portugal (3%)
- Italy (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,429 (83%)
- Carpooled: 434 (15%)
- Walked: 11 (0%)
- Other means: 25 (1%)
- Worked at home: 28 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (57%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
92.6% of residents of Harris township speak English at home.
6.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,768- In family households: 5,092 (1,319 male householders, 333 female householders)
1,445 spouses, 1,630 children (1,447 natural, 0 adopted, 183 stepchildren), 83 grandchildren, 41 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 68 other relatives, 151 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 676 (298 male householders (229 living alone)), 273 female householders (235 living alone)), 105 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 740 2-persons, 428 3-persons, 296 4-persons, 112 5-persons, 62 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 464 1-person, 101 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
1,122 married couples with children.
301 single-parent households (96 men, 205 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 72
| Here: | 11.4% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 25
| Here: | 8.3% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 36
| Here: | 20.5% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |