Middle Creek township, Wake County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (19% naturalized citizens)
Middle Creek township: | 6.5% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
49% of Middle Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 14344
- Northeast: 2864
- Midwest: 1777
- South: 3611
- West: 641
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $140,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Middle Creek township, North Carolina:
- 151 people in nursing homes
- 30 people in other group homes
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 3 people in homes for the physically handicapped
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 7,454
- One, attached: 207
- Two: 156
- 3 or 4: 238
- 5 to 9: 255
- 10 to 19: 367
- 20 to 49: 39
- 50 or more: 13
- Mobile homes: 1,396
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,100
Housing units in Middle Creek township with a mortgage: 5,094 (535 second mortgage, 984 home equity loan, 27 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 903
- Construction (21%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Middle Creek township:
- United States or American (18.2%)
- English (12.6%)
- German (10.0%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.6%)
- Italian (3.4%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (66%)
- Canada (5%)
- Germany (2%)
- Guatemala (2%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (2%)
- India (2%)
- United Kingdom (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 10,602 (81%)
- Carpooled: 1,812 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 134 (1%)
- Other means: 56 (0%)
- Worked at home: 474 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (65%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Utility gas (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Middle Creek township, North Carolina:
- 151 people in nursing homes
- 30 people in other group homes
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 3 people in homes for the physically handicapped
91.5% of residents of Middle Creek township speak English at home.
6.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (30% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 41% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 24,929- In family households: 22,051 (5,460 male householders, 1,541 female householders)
5,904 spouses, 7,682 children (7,142 natural, 137 adopted, 403 stepchildren), 283 grandchildren, 179 brothers or sisters, 175 parents, 405 other relatives, 422 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,878 (1,144 male householders (825 living alone)), 1,125 female householders (966 living alone)), 609 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 190 (181 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,722 2-persons, 1,809 3-persons, 1,605 4-persons, 564 5-persons, 200 6-persons, 101 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,791 1-person, 410 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
5,395 married couples with children.
1,292 single-parent households (273 men, 1,019 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 334
Here: | 10.2% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 168
Here: | 12.1% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 199
Here: | 19.9% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |