Jackson township, Union County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (27% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
56% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4479
- Northeast: 898
- Midwest: 705
- South: 1401
- West: 184
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
12 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,325
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 41
- 3 or 4: 9
- 10 to 19: 55
- Mobile homes: 491
Median worth of mobile homes: $71,400
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 1,081 (101 second mortgage, 214 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 415
- Construction (20%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Health care (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- United States or American (17.9%)
- German (14.1%)
- English (11.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (7.4%)
- Irish (7.1%)
- British (3.7%)
- Scottish (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (25%)
- Laos (18%)
- Colombia (16%)
- Mexico (10%)
- Other South America (8%)
- Middle Africa (6%)
- Germany (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,136 (83%)
- Carpooled: 470 (12%)
- Walked: 32 (1%)
- Other means: 10 (0%)
- Worked at home: 150 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (69%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
12 people in nursing homes
95.4% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,898- In family households: 7,323 (1,916 male householders, 351 female householders)
1,961 spouses, 2,577 children (2,368 natural, 60 adopted, 149 stepchildren), 108 grandchildren, 64 brothers or sisters, 118 parents, 132 other relatives, 96 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 575 (183 male householders (139 living alone)), 304 female householders (264 living alone)), 88 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 12 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 875 2-persons, 547 3-persons, 498 4-persons, 216 5-persons, 86 6-persons, 45 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 403 1-person, 76 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
1,758 married couples with children.
333 single-parent households (107 men, 226 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 104
| Here: | 9.7% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 35
| Here: | 7.2% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 102
| Here: | 33.4% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |