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Heaton township, Avery County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 4 (0% naturalized citizens)

Heaton township:

4.4%
Whole state:

5.3%

66% of Heaton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 26% lived in North Carolina.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 366
  • Northeast: 0
  • Midwest: 17
  • South: 30
  • West: 9

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Heaton township, NC map Heaton township, North Carolina satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $14,700


Housing units in Heaton township with a mortgage: 62 (5 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 57

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 0
  • 1995 to 1998: 17
  • 1990 to 1994: 37
  • 1980 to 1989: 36
  • 1970 to 1979: 24
  • 1960 to 1969: 28
  • 1950 to 1959: 43
  • 1940 to 1949: 7
  • 1939 or earlier: 36

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Heaton township, North Carolina:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 7
  • 4 rooms: 8
  • 5 rooms: 60
  • 6 rooms: 31
  • 7 rooms: 31
  • 8 rooms: 0
  • 9 or more rooms: 21

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Heaton township, North Carolina:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 15
  • 4 rooms: 15
  • 5 rooms: 0
  • 6 rooms: 8
  • 7 rooms: 0
  • 8 rooms: 0
  • 9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Heaton township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 7
  • 2 bedrooms: 33
  • 3 bedrooms: 76
  • 4 bedrooms: 42
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Heaton township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 20
  • 2 bedrooms: 10
  • 3 bedrooms: 8
  • 4 bedrooms: 0
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Heaton township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 15
  • 1 vehicle: 47
  • 2 vehicles: 62
  • 3 vehicles: 20
  • 4 vehicles: 6
  • 5 or more vehicles: 8

Cars and other vehicles available in Heaton township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 6
  • 1 vehicle: 14
  • 2 vehicles: 18
  • 3 vehicles: 0
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (37%)
  • Educational services (16%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (10%)
  • Health care (10%)
  • Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers (9%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (8%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (62%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (12%)
  • Educational services (12%)
  • Personal and laundry services (10%)
  • Apparel (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (19%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (10%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (10%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
  • Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (9%)
  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (32%)
  • Financial managers (12%)
  • Registered nurses (12%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (12%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
  • Personal appearance workers (10%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (9%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Heaton township:

  • United States or American (40.5%)
  • German (20.1%)
  • English (11.3%)
  • Scotch-Irish (9.5%)
  • Scottish (9.2%)
  • Irish (3.2%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Germany (100%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (68%)
  • Electricity (21%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)

97.8% of residents of Heaton township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 441

Size of family households: 87 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 6 5-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 69 1-person,

61 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (3 men, 21 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here:

0.0%
North Carolina:

8.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here:

0.0%
North Carolina:

6.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here:

0.0%
North Carolina:

20.2%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Heaton township:

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