Morehead township, Carteret County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Morehead township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
52% of Morehead 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, 52% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 14102
- Northeast: 3316
- Midwest: 1463
- South: 3405
- West: 819
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Morehead township, North Carolina:
- 239 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 73 people in nursing homes
- 45 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 14 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 14 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 10 people in military ships
- 3 people in military barracks, etc.
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 9,002
- One, attached: 1,490
- Two: 696
- 3 or 4: 742
- 5 to 9: 762
- 10 to 19: 277
- 20 to 49: 675
- 50 or more: 741
- Mobile homes: 4,236
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 19
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,800
Housing units in Morehead township with a mortgage: 3,222 (295 second mortgage, 644 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,449
- Construction (21%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Morehead township:
- English (20.2%)
- United States or American (18.4%)
- German (12.3%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- Scottish (3.9%)
- Italian (3.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (22%)
- Lebanon (10%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Germany (8%)
- Canada (6%)
- India (6%)
- Guyana (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,748 (79%)
- Carpooled: 1,567 (14%)
- Taxi: 32 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 23 (0%)
- Bicycle: 26 (0%)
- Walked: 157 (1%)
- Other means: 115 (1%)
- Worked at home: 383 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (78%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Morehead township, North Carolina:
- 239 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 73 people in nursing homes
- 45 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 14 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 14 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 10 people in military ships
- 3 people in military barracks, etc.
96.1% of residents of Morehead township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 18% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (97% speak English very well, 3% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 23,364- In family households: 19,183 (5,281 male householders, 1,621 female householders)
5,670 spouses, 5,188 children (4,518 natural, 137 adopted, 533 stepchildren), 387 grandchildren, 214 brothers or sisters, 183 parents, 262 other relatives, 377 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4,181 (1,514 male householders (1,291 living alone)), 1,988 female householders (1,705 living alone)), 679 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 387 (86 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,736 2-persons, 1,558 3-persons, 1,071 4-persons, 418 5-persons, 89 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,996 1-person, 396 2-persons, 74 3-persons, 32 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
3,100 married couples with children.
1,301 single-parent households (281 men, 1,020 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 238
| Here: | 9.8% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 67
| Here: | 6.2% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 104
| Here: | 12.3% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |