North Wilkesboro township, Wilkes County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (11% naturalized citizens)
| North Wilkesboro township: | 5.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
62% of North Wilkesboro township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5278
- Northeast: 363
- Midwest: 211
- South: 555
- West: 92
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $40,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
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 North Wilkesboro township, North Carolina:
- 122 people in nursing homes
- 17 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 15 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,060
- One, attached: 59
- Two: 140
- 3 or 4: 286
- 5 to 9: 168
- 10 to 19: 37
- 20 to 49: 58
- 50 or more: 53
- Mobile homes: 434
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,400
Housing units in North Wilkesboro township with a mortgage: 826 (63 second mortgage, 77 home equity loan, 15 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 660
- Construction (12%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (9%)
- Food (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Food (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in North Wilkesboro township:
- United States or American (33.9%)
- English (12.0%)
- Irish (9.3%)
- German (6.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.9%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
- Italian (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (70%)
- Honduras (8%)
- El Salvador (8%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- Guatemala (3%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (2%)
- India (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,222 (74%)
- Carpooled: 649 (22%)
- Walked: 36 (1%)
- Other means: 31 (1%)
- Worked at home: 61 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (48%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
People in group quarters in North Wilkesboro township, North Carolina:
- 122 people in nursing homes
- 17 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 15 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
91.3% of residents of North Wilkesboro township speak English at home.
7.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 23% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (23% speak English very well, 54% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (38% speak English not well, 62% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,744- In family households: 5,528 (1,317 male householders, 528 female householders)
1,361 spouses, 1,931 children (1,752 natural, 40 adopted, 139 stepchildren), 120 grandchildren, 80 brothers or sisters, 40 parents, 77 other relatives, 74 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,216 (475 male householders (404 living alone)), 630 female householders (606 living alone)), 111 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 165 (137 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 866 2-persons, 433 3-persons, 381 4-persons, 108 5-persons, 36 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,010 1-person, 89 2-persons, 6 6-persons,
1,018 married couples with children.
476 single-parent households (80 men, 396 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 0.9% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 4.2% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 4.2% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |