Laurel Hill township, Scotland County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 81.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.3 sq. mi.
Population: 3,411 (32% urban, 68% rural)
Males: 1,612 | (47.3%) |
Females: 1,799 | (52.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 3,399 (2,545 owner occupied, 854 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 25% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Laurel Hill township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 53.2%
- Black: 35.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 8.7%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 1.2%
Median age of males: 36.4
Median age of females: 38.1
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Average household size: 2.54
Laurel Hill township: | 2.5 people |
North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.04
Laurel Hill township: | $30,844 |
North Carolina: | $45,906 |
Here: | $421 |
State: | $619 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $77,451 (it was $62,900 in 2000)
: | $77,451 |
North Carolina: | $154,300 |
Population density: 42 people per square mile | (average). |
This township: | 19.8% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
This township: | 7.1% |
Whole state: | 5.5% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Laurel Hill township include: Allen Chapel (A), Laurel Hill Church (B), Timmons Grove Church (C), Baysville Church (D), Sneads Grove Church (E), Lakeside Chapel (F), Woodsville Church (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Gibson Cemetery (1), Watson Cemetery (2), Leach Cemetery (3), Livingston Cemetery (4), Malloy Cemetery (5), McFarland Cemetery (6), McNair Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Pine Lake (A), Catawba Lake (B), Kinney Cameron Lake (C), Scotland Lake (D), Monroe Mill Pond (E), Camerons Lake (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Fergerson Branch (A), Crawford Branch (B), Wilkes Branch (C), Juniper Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
64% of Laurel Hill township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2893
- Northeast: 155
- Midwest: 55
- South: 363
- West: 52
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $134,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
5 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 923
- Two: 29
- 3 or 4: 83
- 5 to 9: 9
- 10 to 19: 6
- 20 to 49: 7
- Mobile homes: 405
Median worth of mobile homes: $50,800
Housing units in Laurel Hill township with a mortgage: 397 (15 second mortgage, 48 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 245
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Textile mills and textile products (10%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Laurel Hill township:
- United States or American (15.5%)
- English (6.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.7%)
- Irish (4.0%)
- Scottish (3.9%)
- German (3.2%)
- French (except Basque) (0.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,127 (85%)
- Carpooled: 157 (12%)
- Walked: 24 (2%)
- Other means: 17 (1%)
- Worked at home: 7 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (57%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Utility gas (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Wood (1%)
7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
5 people in other group homes
98.3% of residents of Laurel Hill township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,548- In family households: 3,192 (636 male householders, 400 female householders)
652 spouses, 1,175 children (1,061 natural, 19 adopted, 95 stepchildren), 145 grandchildren, 56 brothers or sisters, 47 parents, 52 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 356 (127 male householders (118 living alone)), 219 female householders (219 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 7 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 396 2-persons, 275 3-persons, 218 4-persons, 120 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 337 1-person, 9 2-persons,
446 married couples with children.
299 single-parent households (49 men, 250 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: 25
Here: | 15.7% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |