Masonboro township, New Hanover County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (49% naturalized citizens)
| Masonboro township: | 4.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
51% of Masonboro township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9842
- Northeast: 3743
- Midwest: 1724
- South: 3700
- West: 610
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $159,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
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
60 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,865
- One, attached: 270
- Two: 177
- 3 or 4: 42
- 5 to 9: 124
- 10 to 19: 177
- 20 to 49: 9
- Mobile homes: 501
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,600
Housing units in Masonboro township with a mortgage: 5,047 (666 second mortgage, 1,025 home equity loan, 43 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 955
- Construction (15%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Construction (3%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Masonboro township:
- English (16.7%)
- German (14.4%)
- Irish (13.1%)
- United States or American (13.1%)
- Italian (6.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.4%)
- Scottish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (17%)
- Mexico (9%)
- Canada (8%)
- Philippines (7%)
- India (5%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,985 (87%)
- Carpooled: 909 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 15 (0%)
- Walked: 45 (0%)
- Other means: 78 (1%)
- Worked at home: 343 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (93%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
60 people in other group homes
94.1% of residents of Masonboro township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 20,659- In family households: 18,517 (5,036 male householders, 1,071 female householders)
5,411 spouses, 6,304 children (5,744 natural, 164 adopted, 396 stepchildren), 155 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 107 parents, 148 other relatives, 258 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,142 (774 male householders (509 living alone)), 888 female householders (730 living alone)), 480 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 60 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,618 2-persons, 1,490 3-persons, 1,348 4-persons, 509 5-persons, 112 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,239 1-person, 356 2-persons, 57 3-persons, 10 4-persons,
4,508 married couples with children.
789 single-parent households (147 men, 642 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 350
| Here: | 13.3% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 49
| Here: | 3.8% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 88
| Here: | 12.3% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |