Hogback township, Transylvania County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 60.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.0 sq. mi.
Population: 2,000 (all rural)
| Males: 994 |  (49.7%) |
| Females: 1,006 |  (50.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 2,000 (1,680 owner occupied, 320 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 16% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Hogback township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.0%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
Median age of males: 43.2
Median age of females: 43.8
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Average household size: 2.33
| Hogback township: | 2.3 people |
| North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.82
| Hogback township: | $42,121 |
| North Carolina: | $45,906 |
| Here: | $537 |
| State: | $619 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $172,382 (it was $106,900 in 2000)
| : | $172,382 |
| North Carolina: | $154,300 |
| Population density: 33 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 11.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
| This township: | 3.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.5% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Hogback township include: Oak Grove Church (A), Lake Toxaway Church (B), Bohaynee Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Oakland Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Blue Ridge Lake (A), Lake Toxaway (B), Intermont Lake (C), Lake Toxaway (D), Upper Lake Toxaway (E), Blue Ridge Hills Lake (F), Indian Lake Upper (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Indian Creek (A), Panther Branch (B), Democrat Creek (C), Deep Ford Creek (D), North Fork Flat Creek (E), Burlingame Creek (F), Bearwallow Creek (G), South Fork Flat Creek (H), Morton Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Hogback township: Gorges State Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map
49% of Hogback township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 18% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1004
- Northeast: 168
- Midwest: 208
- South: 393
- West: 68
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $189,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,537
- One, attached: 62
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 24
- 5 to 9: 85
- 10 to 19: 18
- 20 to 49: 7
- Mobile homes: 238
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,500
Housing units in Hogback township with a mortgage: 234 (0 second mortgage, 66 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 185
- Construction (25%)
- Paper (10%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (8%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Art and design workers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hogback township:
- United States or American (21.3%)
- English (15.8%)
- Irish (15.3%)
- German (15.1%)
- Scottish (7.1%)
- Italian (6.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 571 (69%)
- Carpooled: 222 (27%)
- Worked at home: 39 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Wood (11%)
97.7% of residents of Hogback township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,848- In family households: 1,466 (474 male householders, 56 female householders)
498 spouses, 423 children (336 natural, 0 adopted, 87 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 382 (119 male householders (92 living alone)), 181 female householders (148 living alone)), 82 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 307 2-persons, 131 3-persons, 42 4-persons, 32 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 240 1-person, 53 2-persons, 7 4-persons,
339 married couples with children.
85 single-parent households (15 men, 70 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
| Here: | 15.5% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 10.3% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 31.1% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |