Marion township, McDowell County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (23% naturalized citizens)
Marion township: | 4.2% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
59% of Marion 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, 58% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 14444
- Northeast: 575
- Midwest: 556
- South: 1857
- West: 317
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Marion township, North Carolina:
- 225 people in nursing homes
- 99 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 44 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 28 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 24 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 5 people in unknown juvenile institutions
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,567
- One, attached: 109
- Two: 157
- 3 or 4: 215
- 5 to 9: 281
- 10 to 19: 77
- 20 to 49: 61
- 50 or more: 69
- Mobile homes: 1,805
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 22
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,900
Housing units in Marion township with a mortgage: 2,208 (223 second mortgage, 354 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,672
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (14%)
- Construction (13%)
- Textile mills and textile products (9%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Textile mills and textile products (8%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Woodworkers (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (3%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (3%)
- Registered nurses (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marion township:
- United States or American (35.1%)
- English (10.4%)
- Irish (8.4%)
- German (8.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.3%)
- Scottish (2.2%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (65%)
- Laos (7%)
- Germany (4%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (4%)
- El Salvador (4%)
- Peru (3%)
- Netherlands (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,410 (76%)
- Carpooled: 1,678 (20%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 25 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 67 (1%)
- Other means: 65 (1%)
- Worked at home: 216 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (45%)
- Electricity (41%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Marion township, North Carolina:
- 225 people in nursing homes
- 99 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 44 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 28 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 24 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 5 people in unknown juvenile institutions
93.5% of residents of Marion township speak English at home.
4.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (35% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 34% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 18,174- In family households: 15,543 (4,206 male householders, 1,055 female householders)
4,096 spouses, 5,035 children (4,442 natural, 140 adopted, 453 stepchildren), 358 grandchildren, 116 brothers or sisters, 146 parents, 285 other relatives, 246 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,631 (969 male householders (838 living alone)), 1,379 female householders (1,288 living alone)), 283 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 431 (331 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,470 2-persons, 1,311 3-persons, 955 4-persons, 350 5-persons, 141 6-persons, 34 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,126 1-person, 190 2-persons, 17 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
2,668 married couples with children.
1,013 single-parent households (281 men, 732 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 95
Here: | 4.7% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 53
Here: | 5.7% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 63
Here: | 11.2% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |