Hughes township, Avery County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 4.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 446 (all rural)
| Males: 218 |  (48.9%) |
| Females: 228 |  (51.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 446 (392 owner occupied, 54 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 12% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Hughes township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.7%
- Black: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.4%
Median age of males: 36.4
Median age of females: 39.8
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Average household size: 2.40
| Hughes township: | 2.4 people |
| North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.80
| Hughes township: | $36,628 |
| North Carolina: | $45,906 |
| Here: | $556 |
| State: | $619 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $141,442 (it was $78,900 in 2000)
| : | $141,442 |
| North Carolina: | $154,300 |
| Population density: 102 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 24.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
| This township: | 6.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.5% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Hughes township include: Mount Pleasant Church (A), Little Plumtree Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Burleson Cemetery (1), Daniels Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Ashley Branch (A). Display/hide its location on the map
65% of Hughes township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 374
- Northeast: 47
- Midwest: 0
- South: 57
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 179
- One, attached: 7
- Mobile homes: 54
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,900
Housing units in Hughes township with a mortgage: 43 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 65
- Construction (23%)
- Accommodation and food services (23%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Health care (38%)
- Social assistance (20%)
- Personal and laundry services (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (13%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (12%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Electricians (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (19%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Personal appearance workers (10%)
- Child care workers (10%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Occupational and physical therapist assistants and aides (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hughes township:
- United States or American (37.0%)
- English (23.1%)
- German (10.5%)
- Irish (6.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
- Welsh (2.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 188 (89%)
- Carpooled: 18 (8%)
- Worked at home: 6 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (72%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Wood (3%)
97.0% of residents of Hughes township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 478- In family households: 433 (144 male householders, 17 female householders)
105 spouses, 144 children (144 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 45 (36 male householders (36 living alone)), 9 female householders (9 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 70 2-persons, 49 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 12 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 45 1-person,
76 married couples with children.
20 single-parent households (11 men, 9 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% |