Pigeon township, Haywood County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (31% naturalized citizens)
| Pigeon township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
59% of Pigeon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4186
- Northeast: 154
- Midwest: 235
- South: 671
- West: 90
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
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
142 people in nursing homes
11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,760
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 30
- 50 or more: 8
- Mobile homes: 526
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,200
Housing units in Pigeon township with a mortgage: 655 (88 second mortgage, 32 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 545
- Paper (19%)
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pigeon township:
- United States or American (28.4%)
- English (19.1%)
- German (13.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (7.1%)
- Irish (4.2%)
- Scottish (2.6%)
- Dutch (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (39%)
- Vietnam (19%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Poland (9%)
- Portugal (9%)
- Korea (7%)
- Germany (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,024 (84%)
- Carpooled: 311 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 18 (1%)
- Walked: 50 (2%)
- Worked at home: 15 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (54%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood (7%)
142 people in nursing homes
11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
94.3% of residents of Pigeon township speak English at home.
4.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,325- In family households: 4,754 (1,383 male householders, 241 female householders)
1,444 spouses, 1,522 children (1,389 natural, 0 adopted, 133 stepchildren), 70 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 42 parents, 15 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 571 (140 male householders (103 living alone)), 341 female householders (311 living alone)), 90 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 154 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 744 2-persons, 425 3-persons, 327 4-persons, 99 5-persons, 29 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 414 1-person, 55 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
923 married couples with children.
201 single-parent households (64 men, 137 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 92
| Here: | 14.1% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 2.9% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 24
| Here: | 11.5% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |