Laurel Creek township, Watauga County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (18% naturalized citizens)
| Laurel Creek township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Laurel Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 27% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1130
- Northeast: 169
- Midwest: 107
- South: 332
- West: 66
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,711
- One, attached: 44
- Two: 25
- 3 or 4: 80
- 5 to 9: 85
- 10 to 19: 140
- 20 to 49: 22
- Mobile homes: 173
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,200
Housing units in Laurel Creek township with a mortgage: 157 (13 second mortgage, 38 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 163
- Construction (34%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Construction laborers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (16%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Postsecondary teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Laurel Creek township:
- United States or American (23.5%)
- English (16.2%)
- German (16.1%)
- Irish (6.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.0%)
- European (4.1%)
- Italian (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (27%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (23%)
- Japan (23%)
- Germany (18%)
- South Africa (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 583 (73%)
- Carpooled: 156 (19%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 57 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (57%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
98.0% of residents of Laurel Creek township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,826- In family households: 1,606 (444 male householders, 99 female householders)
497 spouses, 504 children (465 natural, 18 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 20 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 220 (94 male householders (72 living alone)), 81 female householders (69 living alone)), 45 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 290 2-persons, 97 3-persons, 94 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 32 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 141 1-person, 25 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
280 married couples with children.
55 single-parent households (16 men, 39 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 25
| Here: | 14.0% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 25
| Here: | 23.4% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 3.1% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |