Newton township, Catawba County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (21% naturalized citizens)
| Newton township: | 6.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
59% of Newton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 21121
- Northeast: 1407
- Midwest: 895
- South: 3215
- West: 656
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $77,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
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
People in group quarters in Newton township, North Carolina:
- 235 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 214 people in state prisons
- 105 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 32 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 24 people in nursing homes
- 13 people in other group homes
- 8 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 5 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 5 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 8,499
- One, attached: 364
- Two: 558
- 3 or 4: 343
- 5 to 9: 510
- 10 to 19: 131
- 20 to 49: 68
- 50 or more: 259
- Mobile homes: 1,536
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 22
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,300
Housing units in Newton township with a mortgage: 4,296 (496 second mortgage, 881 home equity loan, 41 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,602
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (18%)
- Construction (8%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (15%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Newton township:
- United States or American (23.6%)
- German (21.8%)
- English (6.5%)
- Irish (6.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.2%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
- Italian (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (50%)
- Laos (14%)
- Honduras (6%)
- Costa Rica (6%)
- Colombia (4%)
- Romania (3%)
- Vietnam (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 11,886 (79%)
- Carpooled: 2,454 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 24 (0%)
- Bicycle: 52 (0%)
- Walked: 183 (1%)
- Other means: 105 (1%)
- Worked at home: 322 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (55%)
- Utility gas (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Newton township, North Carolina:
- 235 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 214 people in state prisons
- 105 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 32 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 24 people in nursing homes
- 13 people in other group homes
- 8 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 5 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 5 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
90.8% of residents of Newton township speak English at home.
6.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (34% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 28% speak English not well, 19% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (46% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 28% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 28,707- In family households: 24,653 (6,159 male householders, 1,936 female householders)
6,229 spouses, 8,169 children (7,352 natural, 268 adopted, 549 stepchildren), 584 grandchildren, 296 brothers or sisters, 163 parents, 635 other relatives, 482 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4,054 (1,415 male householders (1,086 living alone)), 2,061 female householders (1,908 living alone)), 578 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 631 (361 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,685 2-persons, 2,067 3-persons, 1,433 4-persons, 557 5-persons, 157 6-persons, 196 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,994 1-person, 409 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
4,472 married couples with children.
1,578 single-parent households (373 men, 1,205 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 139
| Here: | 4.5% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 41
| Here: | 3.0% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 154
| Here: | 17.4% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |