Meadow township, Johnston County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (17% naturalized citizens)
| Meadow township: | 2.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Meadow township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2371
- Northeast: 69
- Midwest: 30
- South: 269
- West: 129
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $20,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
24 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 697
- Mobile homes: 576
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,200
Housing units in Meadow township with a mortgage: 191 (20 second mortgage, 38 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 135
- Construction (21%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Meadow township:
- United States or American (58.6%)
- English (8.7%)
- Irish (3.5%)
- German (2.4%)
- Scottish (1.9%)
- Italian (1.7%)
- French (except Basque) (0.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (65%)
- Cambodia (17%)
- Haiti (12%)
- Jamaica (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,085 (72%)
- Carpooled: 290 (19%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (1%)
- Walked: 21 (1%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 97 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
24 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
93.3% of residents of Meadow township speak English at home.
5.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 45% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 40% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,965- In family households: 2,544 (674 male householders, 147 female householders)
639 spouses, 911 children (791 natural, 17 adopted, 103 stepchildren), 40 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 28 other relatives, 76 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 421 (117 male householders (74 living alone)), 232 female householders (221 living alone)), 72 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 24 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 294 2-persons, 241 3-persons, 166 4-persons, 102 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 295 1-person, 49 2-persons, 5 5-persons,
568 married couples with children.
128 single-parent households (40 men, 88 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 7.4% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 7.5% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |