New River township, Watauga County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (21% naturalized citizens)
| New River township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
42% of New River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5503
- Northeast: 665
- Midwest: 758
- South: 1628
- West: 272
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $128,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in New River township, North Carolina:
- 100 people in nursing homes
- 18 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 8 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 7 people in other group homes
- 2 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,463
- One, attached: 141
- Two: 195
- 3 or 4: 220
- 5 to 9: 298
- 10 to 19: 287
- 20 to 49: 318
- 50 or more: 194
- Mobile homes: 510
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,900
Housing units in New River township with a mortgage: 1,006 (93 second mortgage, 196 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 600
- Accommodation and food services (17%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Construction (10%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Educational services (26%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Health care (10%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Postsecondary teachers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in New River township:
- United States or American (18.9%)
- English (16.8%)
- German (12.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (7.2%)
- Irish (7.0%)
- Scottish (5.3%)
- Italian (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (36%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (29%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Other Northern Africa (6%)
- Netherlands (5%)
- Lebanon (5%)
- South Africa (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,918 (82%)
- Carpooled: 596 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 43 (1%)
- Walked: 53 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (0%)
- Worked at home: 158 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (48%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Wood (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in New River township, North Carolina:
- 100 people in nursing homes
- 18 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 8 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 7 people in other group homes
- 2 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
94.8% of residents of New River township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 2% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 20% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (51% speak English not well, 49% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,995- In family households: 5,736 (1,527 male householders, 452 female householders)
1,540 spouses, 1,909 children (1,867 natural, 14 adopted, 28 stepchildren), 58 grandchildren, 66 brothers or sisters, 26 parents, 46 other relatives, 112 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,259 (915 male householders (520 living alone)), 1,134 female householders (752 living alone)), 1,210 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 132 (101 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 922 2-persons, 516 3-persons, 362 4-persons, 131 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,272 1-person, 534 2-persons, 115 3-persons, 105 4-persons, 23 5-persons,
1,071 married couples with children.
396 single-parent households (57 men, 339 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 75
| Here: | 9.6% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 22
| Here: | 5.1% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 34
| Here: | 1.8% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |