Nebo township, McDowell County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (76% naturalized citizens)
Nebo township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Nebo township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3049
- Northeast: 33
- Midwest: 209
- South: 398
- West: 42
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $87,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,120
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 492
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,900
Housing units in Nebo township with a mortgage: 549 (24 second mortgage, 72 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 328
- Construction (17%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (9%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (15%)
- Textile mills and textile products (12%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Construction (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Nebo township:
- United States or American (47.8%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- English (8.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (7.1%)
- German (3.5%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
- Scottish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (76%)
- Germany (24%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,485 (83%)
- Carpooled: 295 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 5 (0%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (48%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (8%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
97.8% of residents of Nebo township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,748- In family households: 3,254 (915 male householders, 190 female householders)
994 spouses, 1,060 children (952 natural, 6 adopted, 102 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 26 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 494 (201 male householders (140 living alone)), 210 female householders (210 living alone)), 83 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 497 2-persons, 263 3-persons, 244 4-persons, 75 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 350 1-person, 47 2-persons, 14 4-persons,
615 married couples with children.
130 single-parent households (41 men, 89 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 33
Here: | 8.4% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
Here: | 2.0% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |