Rich Square township, Northampton County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Rich Square township: | 0.1% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
77% of Rich Square township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 670
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 29
- South: 11
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.9% of all households
134 people in nursing homes
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 206
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 58
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,500
Housing units in Rich Square township with a mortgage: 69 (3 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 39
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Food (7%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Food (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rich Square township:
- German (35.3%)
- United States or American (15.6%)
- Swedish (14.6%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- English (6.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 237 (66%)
- Carpooled: 87 (24%)
- Walked: 10 (3%)
- Other means: 7 (2%)
- Worked at home: 16 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Utility gas (38%)
- Wood (8%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- Electricity (3%)
134 people in nursing homes
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.6% of residents of Rich Square township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 740- In family households: 680 (174 male householders, 23 female householders)
167 spouses, 303 children (273 natural, 0 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 60 (32 male householders (25 living alone)), 18 female householders (18 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 64 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 26 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 14 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 43 1-person, 7 2-persons,
354 married couples with children.
371 single-parent households (57 men, 314 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 44
Here: | 28.9% |
North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 10.8% |
North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
Here: | 21.4% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |