Mount Tirzah township, Person County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (33% naturalized citizens)
Mount Tirzah township: | 2.7% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Mount Tirzah township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2370
- Northeast: 152
- Midwest: 66
- South: 314
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 808
- Two: 13
- 5 to 9: 11
- Mobile homes: 386
Median worth of mobile homes: $66,900
Housing units in Mount Tirzah township with a mortgage: 331 (41 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 17 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 188
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (30%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mount Tirzah township:
- United States or American (29.2%)
- English (12.6%)
- Irish (8.3%)
- German (6.2%)
- European (5.6%)
- Arab/Arabic (3.3%)
- Italian (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (64%)
- Philippines (18%)
- Israel (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,131 (80%)
- Carpooled: 258 (18%)
- Motorcycle: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 18 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (47%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
95.6% of residents of Mount Tirzah township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 45% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 34% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other language at home (29% speak English very well, 71% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,007- In family households: 2,652 (703 male householders, 166 female householders)
736 spouses, 929 children (871 natural, 4 adopted, 54 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 23 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 355 (131 male householders (117 living alone)), 131 female householders (90 living alone)), 93 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 333 2-persons, 312 3-persons, 109 4-persons, 79 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 207 1-person, 34 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 7 5-persons,
547 married couples with children.
134 single-parent households (44 men, 90 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 31
Here: | 11.1% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 41
Here: | 22.3% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |