Newland No. 2 township, Avery County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Newland No. 2 township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
66% of Newland No. 2 township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 808
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 39
- South: 137
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $106,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
5 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 305
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 31
- 5 to 9: 16
- 10 to 19: 8
- 20 to 49: 24
- Mobile homes: 174
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,900
Housing units in Newland No. 2 township with a mortgage: 61 (7 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 104
- Construction (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Chemicals (10%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (23%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (12%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Newland No. 2 township:
- United States or American (35.8%)
- English (14.7%)
- German (11.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (7.4%)
- Irish (7.1%)
- Scottish (1.9%)
- French (except Basque) (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 317 (68%)
- Carpooled: 121 (26%)
- Walked: 27 (6%)
- Worked at home: 4 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (58%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
5 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
94.7% of residents of Newland No. 2 township speak English at home.
4.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 58% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,026- In family households: 809 (209 male householders, 97 female householders)
209 spouses, 248 children (243 natural, 0 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 6 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 217 (75 male householders (67 living alone)), 113 female householders (101 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 138 2-persons, 125 3-persons, 43 4-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 168 1-person, 14 2-persons, 6 4-persons,
147 married couples with children.
63 single-parent households (5 men, 58 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: 2
| Here: | 8.3% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |