Rutherfordton township, Rutherford County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (32% naturalized citizens)
| Rutherfordton township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
55% of Rutherfordton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9116
- Northeast: 482
- Midwest: 419
- South: 1819
- West: 174
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $72,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Rutherfordton township, North Carolina:
- 301 people in nursing homes
- 207 people in state prisons
- 150 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 76 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 13 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,955
- One, attached: 76
- Two: 135
- 3 or 4: 224
- 5 to 9: 127
- 10 to 19: 78
- 20 to 49: 31
- 50 or more: 21
- Mobile homes: 662
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,800
Housing units in Rutherfordton township with a mortgage: 1,539 (128 second mortgage, 229 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,045
- Construction (13%)
- Textile mills and textile products (13%)
- Health care (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Wood products (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rutherfordton township:
- United States or American (27.0%)
- German (10.9%)
- English (10.1%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.8%)
- Scottish (3.9%)
- Italian (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (26%)
- Taiwan (12%)
- Other Eastern Europe (10%)
- Germany (9%)
- Poland (9%)
- Canada (8%)
- India (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,184 (81%)
- Carpooled: 726 (14%)
- Walked: 120 (2%)
- Other means: 18 (0%)
- Worked at home: 89 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (42%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (24%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Rutherfordton township, North Carolina:
- 301 people in nursing homes
- 207 people in state prisons
- 150 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 76 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 13 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
95.9% of residents of Rutherfordton township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (43% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (46% speak English well, 54% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,548- In family households: 9,855 (2,429 male householders, 888 female householders)
2,514 spouses, 3,348 children (3,082 natural, 42 adopted, 224 stepchildren), 249 grandchildren, 59 brothers or sisters, 44 parents, 101 other relatives, 223 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,693 (524 male householders (455 living alone)), 984 female householders (937 living alone)), 185 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 734 (722 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,544 2-persons, 850 3-persons, 587 4-persons, 198 5-persons, 73 6-persons, 65 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,392 1-person, 77 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 17 5-persons,
1,658 married couples with children.
746 single-parent households (158 men, 588 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 151
| Here: | 10.2% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18
| Here: | 2.7% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 70
| Here: | 16.7% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |