Prathers Creek township, Alleghany County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 31.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 774 (all rural)
Males: 389 | (50.3%) |
Females: 385 | (49.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 774 (651 owner occupied, 123 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 16% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Prathers Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.3%
- Black: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 1.3%
Median age of males: 43.9
Median age of females: 44.5
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Average household size: 2.27
Prathers Creek township: | 2.3 people |
North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.70
Prathers Creek township: | $34,845 |
North Carolina: | $45,906 |
Here: | $430 |
State: | $619 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $156,811 (it was $86,400 in 2000)
: | $156,811 |
North Carolina: | $154,300 |
Population density: 24 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 9.1% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
This township: | 3.4% |
Whole state: | 5.5% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Prathers Creek township include: Antioch Primitive Baptist Church (A), Bakers Ridge Mission (B), Mount Carmel Church of the Brethren (C), Mount Zion Methodist Church (D), New Hope Baptist Church (E), Prathers Creek Baptist Church (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Prathers Creek Cemetery (1), New Hope Cemetery (2), Mount Zion Cemetery (3), Mount Carmel Cemetery (4), Antioch Cemetery (5), Rocky Ridge Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Crab Fork (A), Prathers Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
63% of Prathers Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 594
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 19
- South: 153
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 353
- 5 to 9: 10
- Mobile homes: 97
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Prathers Creek township with a mortgage: 87 (12 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 44
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (25%)
- Construction (25%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Food (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Wood products (3%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Health care (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (19%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Carpenters (10%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Prathers Creek township:
- United States or American (30.1%)
- English (15.3%)
- Irish (12.6%)
- German (12.4%)
- Norwegian (4.6%)
- Swedish (4.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 294 (75%)
- Carpooled: 71 (18%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 12 (3%)
- Worked at home: 9 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (45%)
- Wood (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (18%)
99.5% of residents of Prathers Creek township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 790- In family households: 663 (193 male householders, 33 female householders)
232 spouses, 183 children (178 natural, 0 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 127 (41 male householders (35 living alone)), 70 female householders (65 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 132 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 100 1-person, 5 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
98 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (4 men, 11 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% |