Hurricane township, Ashe County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Hurricane township: | 1.3% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
78% of Hurricane township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 374
- Northeast: 35
- Midwest: 0
- South: 87
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 266
- Mobile homes: 51
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,700
Housing units in Hurricane township with a mortgage: 25 (0 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 73
- Construction (27%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (16%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (20%)
- Apparel (15%)
- Food (10%)
- Textile mills and textile products (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Health care (9%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (17%)
- Construction laborers (12%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
- Business operations specialists (8%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (18%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (15%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Customer service representatives (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hurricane township:
- United States or American (45.7%)
- Scottish (14.1%)
- German (13.8%)
- European (6.4%)
- French (except Basque) (5.2%)
- Irish (4.3%)
- English (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 120 (66%)
- Carpooled: 53 (29%)
- Worked at home: 8 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (59%)
- Wood (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Electricity (7%)
97.0% of residents of Hurricane township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 503- In family households: 433 (130 male householders, 42 female householders)
126 spouses, 115 children (98 natural, 0 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 70 (19 male householders (19 living alone)), 51 female householders (51 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 108 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 26 4-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 70 1-person,
83 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (4 men, 19 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% |