Locke township, Rowan County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (11% naturalized citizens)
| Locke township: | 7.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
59% of Locke township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7935
- Northeast: 886
- Midwest: 749
- South: 1530
- West: 155
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $117,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
People in group quarters in Locke township, North Carolina:
- 956 people in state prisons
- 59 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,802
- One, attached: 22
- Two: 136
- 3 or 4: 40
- 5 to 9: 20
- 10 to 19: 40
- 20 to 49: 8
- 50 or more: 29
- Mobile homes: 1,318
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,200
Housing units in Locke township with a mortgage: 1,624 (98 second mortgage, 328 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 608
- Construction (18%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Locke township:
- United States or American (26.0%)
- German (17.1%)
- English (8.1%)
- Irish (5.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.3%)
- Italian (1.9%)
- Yugoslavian (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (66%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (9%)
- Germany (5%)
- Vietnam (5%)
- Canada (3%)
- El Salvador (3%)
- Honduras (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,492 (80%)
- Carpooled: 886 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 15 (0%)
- Walked: 65 (1%)
- Other means: 34 (1%)
- Worked at home: 104 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (57%)
- Utility gas (30%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Locke township, North Carolina:
- 956 people in state prisons
- 59 people in nursing homes
- 6 people in other group homes
90.8% of residents of Locke township speak English at home.
6.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (28% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 36% speak English not well, 19% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (31% speak English very well, 55% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,314- In family households: 10,204 (2,706 male householders, 551 female householders)
2,692 spouses, 3,472 children (3,036 natural, 80 adopted, 356 stepchildren), 226 grandchildren, 100 brothers or sisters, 42 parents, 171 other relatives, 244 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,110 (425 male householders (321 living alone)), 511 female householders (465 living alone)), 174 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,026 (1,014 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,275 2-persons, 879 3-persons, 687 4-persons, 285 5-persons, 87 6-persons, 44 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 786 1-person, 134 2-persons, 16 4-persons,
2,200 married couples with children.
580 single-parent households (180 men, 400 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 115
| Here: | 8.2% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 37
| Here: | 4.7% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 58
| Here: | 12.5% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |