Kirby township, Northampton County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Kirby township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
73% of Kirby township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2624
- Northeast: 148
- Midwest: 39
- South: 623
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
24 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,051
- One, attached: 20
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 14
- 5 to 9: 39
- 10 to 19: 3
- 20 to 49: 7
- Mobile homes: 437
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,400
Housing units in Kirby township with a mortgage: 394 (41 second mortgage, 62 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 367
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Food (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Paper (6%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Food processing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Kirby township:
- United States or American (16.1%)
- English (14.3%)
- Irish (4.9%)
- German (3.2%)
- Italian (1.3%)
- French (except Basque) (1.2%)
- Scottish (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (60%)
- Philippines (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,041 (81%)
- Carpooled: 154 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 45 (4%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 17 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
24 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.7% of residents of Kirby township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,448- In family households: 2,954 (711 male householders, 261 female householders)
698 spouses, 986 children (898 natural, 12 adopted, 76 stepchildren), 76 grandchildren, 73 brothers or sisters, 45 parents, 38 other relatives, 66 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 494 (187 male householders (144 living alone)), 250 female householders (240 living alone)), 57 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 24 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 435 2-persons, 250 3-persons, 158 4-persons, 90 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 384 1-person, 44 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
546 married couples with children.
207 single-parent households (36 men, 171 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 40
| Here: | 9.8% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 4.4% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18
| Here: | 22.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |