Plain View township, Sampson County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (51% naturalized citizens)
| Plain View township: | 2.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
56% of Plain View township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 14% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3754
- Northeast: 148
- Midwest: 73
- South: 291
- West: 53
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,122
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 7
- Mobile homes: 665
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,900
Housing units in Plain View township with a mortgage: 484 (29 second mortgage, 81 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 243
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Plain View township:
- United States or American (30.6%)
- English (8.3%)
- Irish (4.3%)
- Scottish (3.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.2%)
- German (1.8%)
- European (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (81%)
- El Salvador (9%)
- Guatemala (7%)
- Other Northern America (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,685 (79%)
- Carpooled: 307 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 13 (1%)
- Other means: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 116 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Wood (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.5% of residents of Plain View township speak English at home.
4.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English well, 48% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,455- In family households: 4,001 (1,020 male householders, 236 female householders)
1,046 spouses, 1,450 children (1,302 natural, 24 adopted, 124 stepchildren), 53 grandchildren, 46 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 56 other relatives, 77 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 454 (198 male householders (153 living alone)), 186 female householders (170 living alone)), 70 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 474 2-persons, 336 3-persons, 269 4-persons, 130 5-persons, 35 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 323 1-person, 47 2-persons, 14 3-persons,
857 married couples with children.
276 single-parent households (72 men, 204 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): 18
| Here: | 7.5% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 5.3% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |