New Castle township, Wilkes County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (81% naturalized citizens)
| New Castle township: | 4.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
73% of New Castle township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 18% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1472
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 0
- South: 80
- West: 49
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 462
- One, attached: 7
- 3 or 4: 8
- Mobile homes: 265
Median worth of mobile homes: $60,400
Housing units in New Castle township with a mortgage: 155 (0 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 108
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (13%)
- Textile mills and textile products (11%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)
- Textile mills and textile products (12%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Health care (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (17%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in New Castle township:
- United States or American (32.7%)
- English (25.4%)
- Irish (8.4%)
- German (4.3%)
- Dutch (3.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
- French (except Basque) (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (58%)
- Cuba (15%)
- Philippines (14%)
- Other Northern Africa (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 530 (81%)
- Carpooled: 66 (10%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 52 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
92.4% of residents of New Castle township speak English at home.
6.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,692- In family households: 1,494 (468 male householders, 60 female householders)
400 spouses, 460 children (442 natural, 0 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 33 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 28 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 198 (54 male householders (47 living alone)), 118 female householders (118 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 254 2-persons, 124 3-persons, 120 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 11 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 165 1-person, 7 4-persons,
294 married couples with children.
44 single-parent households (17 men, 27 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 25.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |