Oconeechee township, Northampton County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (83% naturalized citizens)
| Oconeechee township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
73% of Oconeechee township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% 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: 1880
- Northeast: 66
- Midwest: 29
- South: 172
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $41,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 620
- One, attached: 38
- Two: 31
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 4
- 10 to 19: 3
- Mobile homes: 265
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Oconeechee township with a mortgage: 228 (8 second mortgage, 38 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 186
- Construction (18%)
- Textile mills and textile products (13%)
- Health care (7%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Paper (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Textile mills and textile products (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oconeechee township:
- African (9.9%)
- United States or American (5.5%)
- English (1.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (0.8%)
- German (0.6%)
- French (except Basque) (0.4%)
- Israeli (0.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Panama (67%)
- Melanesia (17%)
- Mexico (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 549 (76%)
- Carpooled: 156 (21%)
- Walked: 13 (2%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (40%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.4% of residents of Oconeechee township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,171- In family households: 1,830 (287 male householders, 299 female householders)
276 spouses, 687 children (649 natural, 21 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 74 grandchildren, 56 brothers or sisters, 45 parents, 47 other relatives, 59 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 341 (121 male householders (111 living alone)), 191 female householders (180 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 213 2-persons, 162 3-persons, 123 4-persons, 62 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 291 1-person, 20 2-persons, 1 5-persons,
223 married couples with children.
262 single-parent households (26 men, 236 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
| Here: | 7.5% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
| Here: | 12.3% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |