Jefferson township, Ashe County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (8% naturalized citizens)
| Jefferson township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3134
- Northeast: 196
- Midwest: 128
- South: 482
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $86,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Jefferson township, North Carolina:
- 227 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,319
- One, attached: 81
- Two: 48
- 3 or 4: 39
- 5 to 9: 65
- 10 to 19: 43
- 20 to 49: 26
- 50 or more: 55
- Mobile homes: 320
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,800
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 476 (32 second mortgage, 125 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 437
- Construction (13%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Health care (10%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- United States or American (39.8%)
- German (16.5%)
- English (12.3%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- Dutch (3.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.5%)
- Scottish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (71%)
- Germany (14%)
- Romania (5%)
- United Kingdom (3%)
- Other Northern Africa (3%)
- Jamaica (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,424 (79%)
- Carpooled: 237 (13%)
- Taxi: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (1%)
- Other means: 29 (2%)
- Worked at home: 86 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (56%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Wood (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
People in group quarters in Jefferson township, North Carolina:
- 227 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.3% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,794- In family households: 3,203 (894 male householders, 288 female householders)
908 spouses, 979 children (951 natural, 24 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 35 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 591 (214 male householders (182 living alone)), 310 female householders (292 living alone)), 67 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 248 (228 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 674 2-persons, 252 3-persons, 196 4-persons, 51 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 474 1-person, 40 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 2 6-persons,
535 married couples with children.
177 single-parent households (36 men, 141 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 0.6% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.0% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 2.6% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |