Little River township, Caldwell County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (43% naturalized citizens)
| Little River township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Little River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3694
- Northeast: 64
- Midwest: 105
- South: 359
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $13,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
8 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,060
- Two: 24
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 634
Median worth of mobile homes: $54,400
Housing units in Little River township with a mortgage: 464 (36 second mortgage, 113 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 184
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (27%)
- Construction (13%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Wood products (3%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (20%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Woodworkers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Little River township:
- United States or American (32.4%)
- German (15.5%)
- English (12.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (9.0%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- Scottish (3.1%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (57%)
- Germany (43%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,874 (82%)
- Carpooled: 347 (15%)
- Motorcycle: 15 (1%)
- Walked: 7 (0%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 26 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (49%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Wood (7%)
- Other fuel (1%)
8 people in other group homes
97.8% of residents of Little River township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 40% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,256- In family households: 3,821 (1,087 male householders, 200 female householders)
1,101 spouses, 1,223 children (1,099 natural, 21 adopted, 103 stepchildren), 62 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 26 parents, 37 other relatives, 83 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 435 (209 male householders (174 living alone)), 189 female householders (187 living alone)), 37 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 579 2-persons, 318 3-persons, 272 4-persons, 72 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 361 1-person, 35 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
739 married couples with children.
182 single-parent households (71 men, 111 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 4.2% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 21
| Here: | 8.3% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 2.5% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |