Lexington township, Davidson County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (21% naturalized citizens)
| Lexington township: | 7.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
58% of Lexington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 21511
- Northeast: 1570
- Midwest: 795
- South: 4246
- West: 419
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $66,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Lexington township, North Carolina:
- 363 people in state prisons
- 221 people in nursing homes
- 179 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 161 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 60 people in other group homes
- 54 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 20 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 11 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 9,366
- One, attached: 274
- Two: 917
- 3 or 4: 917
- 5 to 9: 302
- 10 to 19: 127
- 20 to 49: 133
- 50 or more: 72
- Mobile homes: 1,243
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,100
Housing units in Lexington township with a mortgage: 3,324 (318 second mortgage, 677 home equity loan, 41 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,893
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (14%)
- Construction (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Textile mills and textile products (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Woodworkers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lexington township:
- United States or American (22.7%)
- German (12.6%)
- English (7.5%)
- Irish (5.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.7%)
- Scottish (1.6%)
- European (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (61%)
- Cambodia (12%)
- Guyana (4%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (2%)
- Philippines (2%)
- Colombia (2%)
- Laos (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 10,346 (76%)
- Carpooled: 2,708 (20%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 15 (0%)
- Taxi: 42 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Bicycle: 39 (0%)
- Walked: 228 (2%)
- Other means: 87 (1%)
- Worked at home: 152 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (41%)
- Utility gas (39%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Lexington township, North Carolina:
- 363 people in state prisons
- 221 people in nursing homes
- 179 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 161 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 60 people in other group homes
- 54 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 20 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 11 people in homes for the mentally ill
89.5% of residents of Lexington township speak English at home.
7.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (35% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 30% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 30,090- In family households: 25,390 (6,011 male householders, 2,434 female householders)
5,888 spouses, 8,164 children (7,280 natural, 142 adopted, 742 stepchildren), 794 grandchildren, 361 brothers or sisters, 231 parents, 626 other relatives, 881 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4,700 (1,708 male householders (1,365 living alone)), 2,340 female householders (2,133 living alone)), 652 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,068 (705 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,839 2-persons, 2,158 3-persons, 1,474 4-persons, 648 5-persons, 216 6-persons, 110 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,498 1-person, 509 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 6 6-persons,
4,066 married couples with children.
2,268 single-parent households (548 men, 1,720 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 144
| Here: | 4.4% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 57
| Here: | 3.8% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 119
| Here: | 17.2% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |