Rocky Mount township, Nash County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (25% naturalized citizens)
| Rocky Mount township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
51% of Rocky Mount township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 14556
- Northeast: 816
- Midwest: 259
- South: 1326
- West: 140
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $44,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Rocky Mount township, North Carolina:
- 106 people in nursing homes
- 62 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 20 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,353
- One, attached: 184
- Two: 917
- 3 or 4: 589
- 5 to 9: 221
- 10 to 19: 113
- 20 to 49: 49
- 50 or more: 38
- Mobile homes: 608
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,300
Housing units in Rocky Mount township with a mortgage: 1,789 (208 second mortgage, 295 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,020
- Construction (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rocky Mount township:
- United States or American (17.2%)
- English (8.0%)
- Irish (2.5%)
- German (1.8%)
- African (1.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.3%)
- Scottish (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (56%)
- Jordan (9%)
- Asia, n.e.c. (7%)
- Netherlands (5%)
- Haiti (5%)
- Other Western Europe (4%)
- Malaysia (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,253 (78%)
- Carpooled: 1,167 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 59 (1%)
- Taxi: 34 (1%)
- Bicycle: 16 (0%)
- Walked: 78 (1%)
- Other means: 83 (1%)
- Worked at home: 68 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
People in group quarters in Rocky Mount township, North Carolina:
- 106 people in nursing homes
- 62 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 20 people in homes for the mentally ill
96.0% of residents of Rocky Mount township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (59% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 17,202- In family households: 14,524 (2,562 male householders, 2,022 female householders)
2,681 spouses, 5,643 children (5,248 natural, 135 adopted, 260 stepchildren), 638 grandchildren, 126 brothers or sisters, 199 parents, 323 other relatives, 330 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,678 (936 male householders (775 living alone)), 1,407 female householders (1,278 living alone)), 335 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 188 (106 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,872 2-persons, 1,208 3-persons, 841 4-persons, 417 5-persons, 75 6-persons, 171 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,053 1-person, 258 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 2 6-persons,
2,007 married couples with children.
1,981 single-parent households (223 men, 1,758 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 104
| Here: | 4.3% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 34
| Here: | 3.9% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 56
| Here: | 10.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |