Mineral Springs township, Richmond County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (14% naturalized citizens)
| Mineral Springs township: | 5.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
73% of Mineral Springs township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% 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: 3175
- Northeast: 79
- Midwest: 27
- South: 169
- West: 51
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $23,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,074
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 39
- Mobile homes: 551
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,800
Housing units in Mineral Springs township with a mortgage: 264 (21 second mortgage, 52 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 331
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Textile mills and textile products (9%)
- Construction (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (14%)
- Apparel (9%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
- Registered nurses (3%)
- Cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mineral Springs township:
- United States or American (18.9%)
- English (7.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.0%)
- Irish (4.1%)
- Scottish (3.9%)
- German (3.5%)
- French (except Basque) (0.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (98%)
- Italy (1%)
- Greece (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,056 (71%)
- Carpooled: 338 (23%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 16 (1%)
- Railroad: 9 (1%)
- Taxi: 10 (1%)
- Bicycle: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 30 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 4 (0%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (3%)
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
93.0% of residents of Mineral Springs township speak English at home.
6.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (24% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 37% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,717- In family households: 3,238 (708 male householders, 334 female householders)
710 spouses, 1,208 children (1,139 natural, 27 adopted, 42 stepchildren), 79 grandchildren, 65 brothers or sisters, 38 parents, 43 other relatives, 53 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 479 (177 male householders (141 living alone)), 261 female householders (259 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 459 2-persons, 263 3-persons, 195 4-persons, 84 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 400 1-person, 33 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
553 married couples with children.
311 single-parent households (64 men, 247 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 2.0% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 8.8% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 9.3% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |