Murphy township, Cherokee County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (18% naturalized citizens)
| Murphy township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Murphy township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 20% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5566
- Northeast: 746
- Midwest: 509
- South: 2308
- West: 280
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $83,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Murphy township, North Carolina:
- 118 people in nursing homes
- 20 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 17 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,663
- One, attached: 25
- Two: 82
- 3 or 4: 120
- 5 to 9: 48
- 10 to 19: 14
- Mobile homes: 1,077
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 29
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,700
Housing units in Murphy township with a mortgage: 1,012 (104 second mortgage, 116 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 918
- Construction (21%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Murphy township:
- United States or American (30.3%)
- English (11.8%)
- German (10.1%)
- Irish (10.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.6%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (24%)
- Mexico (22%)
- Laos (16%)
- Australia (8%)
- Chile (7%)
- Cuba (7%)
- Canada (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,389 (82%)
- Carpooled: 503 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 69 (2%)
- Other means: 35 (1%)
- Worked at home: 148 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Murphy township, North Carolina:
- 118 people in nursing homes
- 20 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 17 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.5% of residents of Murphy township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 39% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,404- In family households: 8,094 (2,321 male householders, 537 female householders)
2,353 spouses, 2,396 children (2,249 natural, 49 adopted, 98 stepchildren), 164 grandchildren, 45 brothers or sisters, 66 parents, 92 other relatives, 120 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,310 (472 male householders (441 living alone)), 729 female householders (664 living alone)), 109 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 178 (134 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,606 2-persons, 599 3-persons, 396 4-persons, 183 5-persons, 47 6-persons, 27 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,105 1-person, 89 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
1,375 married couples with children.
399 single-parent households (84 men, 315 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
| Here: | 2.2% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 0.7% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 44
| Here: | 12.6% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |