Pensacola township, Yancey County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Pensacola township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Pensacola township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 30% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 436
- Northeast: 33
- Midwest: 21
- South: 82
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $106,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 615
- One, attached: 5
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 3
- Mobile homes: 79
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,900
Housing units in Pensacola township with a mortgage: 61 (1 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 56
- Construction (12%)
- Textile mills and textile products (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pensacola township:
- United States or American (26.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (21.2%)
- German (13.7%)
- English (13.4%)
- Irish (8.4%)
- French (except Basque) (4.8%)
- Italian (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 215 (78%)
- Carpooled: 60 (22%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (71%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood (8%)
- Electricity (7%)
96.7% of residents of Pensacola township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 598- In family households: 535 (169 male householders, 33 female householders)
173 spouses, 135 children (121 natural, 0 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 63 (26 male householders (21 living alone)), 29 female householders (27 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 120 2-persons, 35 3-persons, 35 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 48 1-person, 4 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
110 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (3 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 3.6% |
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: 2
Here: | 20.0% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |