Roanoke Rapids township, Halifax County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (30% naturalized citizens)
| Roanoke Rapids township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
60% of Roanoke Rapids township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 18441
- Northeast: 903
- Midwest: 469
- South: 3327
- West: 233
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $57,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Roanoke Rapids township, North Carolina:
- 142 people in nursing homes
- 92 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 28 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 7,170
- One, attached: 372
- Two: 327
- 3 or 4: 389
- 5 to 9: 260
- 10 to 19: 209
- 20 to 49: 90
- 50 or more: 197
- Mobile homes: 1,706
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,100
Housing units in Roanoke Rapids township with a mortgage: 3,113 (316 second mortgage, 493 home equity loan, 29 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,904
- Construction (11%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Paper (7%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Roanoke Rapids township:
- United States or American (19.8%)
- English (14.1%)
- Irish (5.7%)
- German (4.9%)
- French (except Basque) (1.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.5%)
- European (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (14%)
- Nigeria (13%)
- Other Eastern Africa (11%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (9%)
- Mexico (8%)
- Germany (8%)
- Philippines (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,973 (81%)
- Carpooled: 1,384 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
- Taxi: 26 (0%)
- Walked: 150 (2%)
- Other means: 98 (1%)
- Worked at home: 146 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (40%)
- Utility gas (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood (2%)
People in group quarters in Roanoke Rapids township, North Carolina:
- 142 people in nursing homes
- 92 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 28 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.8% of residents of Roanoke Rapids township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (51% speak English very well, 49% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 23,568- In family households: 20,081 (4,445 male householders, 2,157 female householders)
4,642 spouses, 7,108 children (6,578 natural, 83 adopted, 447 stepchildren), 590 grandchildren, 204 brothers or sisters, 171 parents, 314 other relatives, 450 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,487 (1,301 male householders (1,103 living alone)), 1,747 female householders (1,625 living alone)), 439 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 264 (115 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,857 2-persons, 1,665 3-persons, 1,319 4-persons, 530 5-persons, 124 6-persons, 107 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,728 1-person, 247 2-persons, 33 3-persons, 40 4-persons,
3,518 married couples with children.
2,057 single-parent households (325 men, 1,732 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 154
| Here: | 4.8% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 30
| Here: | 2.2% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 86
| Here: | 10.6% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |