Parkton township, Robeson County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (13% naturalized citizens)
| Parkton township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
51% of Parkton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2538
- Northeast: 195
- Midwest: 123
- South: 490
- West: 83
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
63 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 611
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 4
- Mobile homes: 748
Median worth of mobile homes: $51,400
Housing units in Parkton township with a mortgage: 279 (14 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 158
- Construction (24%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Parkton township:
- United States or American (19.6%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- German (5.4%)
- English (5.0%)
- Scottish (4.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.1%)
- Italian (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (66%)
- Germany (14%)
- Canada (8%)
- Cuba (4%)
- Other Northern Europe (3%)
- Taiwan (3%)
- Colombia (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,280 (82%)
- Carpooled: 251 (16%)
- Walked: 18 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 15 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (64%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- No fuel used (2%)
- Wood (1%)
- Solar energy (1%)
63 people in nursing homes
94.3% of residents of Parkton township speak English at home.
4.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 41% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 18% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,549- In family households: 3,257 (673 male householders, 297 female householders)
677 spouses, 1,205 children (1,084 natural, 11 adopted, 110 stepchildren), 180 grandchildren, 37 brothers or sisters, 39 parents, 62 other relatives, 87 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 292 (127 male householders (99 living alone)), 128 female householders (117 living alone)), 37 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 58 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 302 2-persons, 247 3-persons, 182 4-persons, 174 5-persons, 56 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 216 1-person, 39 2-persons,
661 married couples with children.
348 single-parent households (92 men, 256 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 49
| Here: | 8.3% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 24
| Here: | 15.1% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
| Here: | 15.4% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |