Roxboro township, Person County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 44.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.4 sq. mi.
Population: 15,255 (63% urban, 37% rural)
| Males: 7,045 |  (46.2%) |
| Females: 8,210 |  (53.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 14,959 (9,403 owner occupied, 5,556 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 37% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Roxboro township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 57.6%
- Black: 38.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.5%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 2.6%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
- Some other race: 0.2%
Median age of males: 38.7
Median age of females: 40.8
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Average household size: 2.39
| Roxboro township: | 2.4 people |
| North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.91
| Roxboro township: | $42,051 |
| North Carolina: | $45,906 |
| Here: | $441 |
| State: | $619 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $119,341 (it was $85,500 in 2000)
| : | $119,341 |
| North Carolina: | $154,300 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $175,655
Here: $175,655 State: $219,576
Townhouses or other attached units: $318,497
Here: $318,497 State: $173,086
Mobile homes: $73,745
Here: $73,745 State: $64,697
| Population density: 341 people per square mile | (high). |
| This township: | 18.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
| This township: | 3.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.5% |
Cities in this township include: Roxboro.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Roxboro township include: Jones Chapel Baptist Church (A), Brookland United Methodist Church (B), Paschall Church (C), Faith Church (D), Rock Grove Baptist Church (E), Montwood Church (F), Mountain Road Church (G), Providence Baptist Church (H), Storys Creek Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Brookland Church Cemetery (1), Stories Creek Church Cemetery (2), Providence Baptist Church Cemetery (3), Rock Grove Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Roxboro City Lake (A), Davis-Braun Pond (B), Thaxton Pond (C), Roxboro Lake (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Satterfield Creek (A), Lick Branch (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
72% of Roxboro township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 24% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 188
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 30
- South: 42
- West: 4
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Roxboro township, North Carolina:
- 199 people in nursing homes
- 83 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 112
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Roxboro township with a mortgage: 22 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 17
- Construction (16%)
- Textile mills and textile products (9%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Textile mills and textile products (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- 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%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Roxboro township:
- Scotch-Irish (24.7%)
- French (except Basque) (12.4%)
- United States or American (12.4%)
- German (11.3%)
- Irish (11.3%)
- English (6.2%)
- Swedish (5.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 85 (68%)
- Carpooled: 36 (29%)
- Walked: 4 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (64%)
- Wood (31%)
- Electricity (5%)
People in group quarters in Roxboro township, North Carolina:
- 199 people in nursing homes
- 83 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 264- In family households: 238 (50 male householders, 24 female householders)
65 spouses, 90 children (90 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 26 (12 male householders (12 living alone)), 9 female householders (5 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 21 2-persons, 24 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 6 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 17 1-person, 4 2-persons,
1,792 married couples with children.
1,286 single-parent households (178 men, 1,108 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% |