New Light township, Wake County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (42% naturalized citizens)
| New Light township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
52% of New Light township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 33% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2480
- Northeast: 839
- Midwest: 332
- South: 753
- West: 117
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $481,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,507
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 6
- Mobile homes: 287
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in New Light township with a mortgage: 920 (62 second mortgage, 204 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 204
- Construction (21%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
- Computer and electronic products (8%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Computer specialists (9%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Business operations specialists (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Accountants and auditors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in New Light township:
- United States or American (28.8%)
- German (15.8%)
- Irish (11.1%)
- English (9.9%)
- Italian (6.8%)
- Polish (2.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (67%)
- Germany (12%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Ireland (4%)
- Hungary (4%)
- Iran (3%)
- Russia (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,059 (83%)
- Carpooled: 288 (12%)
- Walked: 17 (1%)
- Other means: 12 (0%)
- Worked at home: 102 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Wood (4%)
96.0% of residents of New Light township speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (42% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 42% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,721- In family households: 4,313 (1,179 male householders, 192 female householders)
1,280 spouses, 1,468 children (1,400 natural, 27 adopted, 41 stepchildren), 37 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 93 other relatives, 47 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 408 (215 male householders (167 living alone)), 127 female householders (112 living alone)), 66 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 568 2-persons, 295 3-persons, 346 4-persons, 108 5-persons, 41 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 279 1-person, 55 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
1,145 married couples with children.
128 single-parent households (51 men, 77 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 100
| Here: | 14.9% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 24
| Here: | 12.7% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 12.5% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |