Peak Creek township, Ashe County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Peak Creek township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
54% of Peak Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 837
- Northeast: 61
- Midwest: 62
- South: 192
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
18 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 445
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 176
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,400
Housing units in Peak Creek township with a mortgage: 72 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 89
- Construction (18%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (8%)
- Food (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Apparel (9%)
- Food (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (10%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Peak Creek township:
- United States or American (35.9%)
- English (15.9%)
- German (13.8%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- Dutch (3.9%)
- British (3.0%)
- Swedish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (42%)
- United Kingdom (32%)
- Korea (26%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 393 (70%)
- Carpooled: 92 (16%)
- Worked at home: 74 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (70%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Wood (9%)
- Electricity (9%)
18 people in other nonhousehold living situations
97.9% of residents of Peak Creek township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,153- In family households: 969 (285 male householders, 91 female householders)
328 spouses, 247 children (229 natural, 0 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 184 (78 male householders (43 living alone)), 62 female householders (57 living alone)), 44 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 18 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 218 2-persons, 109 3-persons, 47 4-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 100 1-person, 35 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
169 married couples with children.
38 single-parent households (8 men, 30 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |