Meat Camp township, Watauga County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Meat Camp township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Meat Camp township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1874
- Northeast: 156
- Midwest: 72
- South: 376
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $141,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
People in group quarters in Meat Camp township, North Carolina:
- 17 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 825
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 29
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 11
- 10 to 19: 11
- Mobile homes: 371
Median worth of mobile homes: $46,100
Housing units in Meat Camp township with a mortgage: 235 (6 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 241
- Construction (18%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Meat Camp township:
- United States or American (29.8%)
- German (18.0%)
- English (11.6%)
- Irish (7.4%)
- Scottish (5.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.4%)
- European (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (66%)
- Canada (20%)
- Other Eastern Africa (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,036 (82%)
- Carpooled: 198 (16%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 26 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (51%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Wood (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Solar energy (1%)
People in group quarters in Meat Camp township, North Carolina:
- 17 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.3% of residents of Meat Camp township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 28% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,531- In family households: 2,185 (574 male householders, 174 female householders)
624 spouses, 711 children (659 natural, 17 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 38 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 7 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 346 (166 male householders (142 living alone)), 123 female householders (89 living alone)), 57 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 23 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 379 2-persons, 138 3-persons, 167 4-persons, 53 5-persons, 11 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 231 1-person, 52 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
483 married couples with children.
106 single-parent households (23 men, 83 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18
| Here: | 21.2% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |