Litaker township, Rowan County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (28% naturalized citizens)
| Litaker township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Litaker township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% 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: 8022
- Northeast: 385
- Midwest: 301
- South: 1144
- West: 154
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $150,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Litaker township, North Carolina:
- 201 people in nursing homes
- 33 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,805
- One, attached: 31
- Two: 23
- 10 to 19: 2
- 50 or more: 3
- Mobile homes: 1,286
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,600
Housing units in Litaker township with a mortgage: 1,349 (120 second mortgage, 261 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 774
- Construction (18%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Litaker township:
- United States or American (34.0%)
- German (22.9%)
- English (8.2%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.9%)
- Dutch (1.0%)
- Italian (0.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (38%)
- Vietnam (21%)
- Germany (10%)
- Nicaragua (7%)
- India (7%)
- Cuba (6%)
- Other Western Europe (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,226 (82%)
- Carpooled: 653 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 34 (1%)
- Other means: 64 (1%)
- Worked at home: 148 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (62%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Utility gas (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (4%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Litaker township, North Carolina:
- 201 people in nursing homes
- 33 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in other group homes
96.8% of residents of Litaker township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (12% speak English very well, 48% speak English well, 40% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,171- In family households: 9,097 (2,536 male householders, 484 female householders)
2,618 spouses, 2,939 children (2,636 natural, 76 adopted, 227 stepchildren), 214 grandchildren, 48 brothers or sisters, 36 parents, 72 other relatives, 150 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,074 (449 male householders (369 living alone)), 462 female householders (416 living alone)), 163 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 38 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,316 2-persons, 782 3-persons, 594 4-persons, 221 5-persons, 92 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 785 1-person, 103 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 3 5-persons,
1,904 married couples with children.
456 single-parent households (153 men, 303 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 134
| Here: | 11.1% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 31
| Here: | 6.5% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 39
| Here: | 14.8% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |