Siloam township, Surry County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 20.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 1,071 (all rural)
| Males: 548 |  (51.2%) |
| Females: 523 |  (48.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,071 (888 owner occupied, 183 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 17% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Siloam township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.7%
- Black: 1.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
- Some other race: 0.3%
Median age of males: 36.5
Median age of females: 37.3
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Average household size: 2.57
| Siloam township: | 2.6 people |
| North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.90
| Siloam township: | $35,579 |
| North Carolina: | $45,906 |
| Here: | $417 |
| State: | $619 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $122,000 (it was $78,800 in 2000)
| : | $122,000 |
| North Carolina: | $154,300 |
| Population density: 53 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 14.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
| This township: | 9.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.5% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Siloam township include: Hogan Creek Primitive Baptist Church (A), Siloam United Methodist Church (B), Siloam Baptist Church (C), Old Siloam Methodist Church (D), Pine Hill Church (E), Poplar Springs Methodist Church (F), Fulk Memorial Primitive Baptist Church (G), Stanford Methodist Church (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Siloam Cemetery (1), Poplar Springs Cemetery (2), Pine Hill Cemetery (3), Fulk and Shore Graveyard (4), Bold Springs Graveyard (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Rivers and creeks: Candiff Creek (A), Ararat River (B), Skin Cabin Creek (C), Hogan Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
64% of Siloam township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 877
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 8
- South: 117
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 295
- Mobile homes: 162
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,600
Housing units in Siloam township with a mortgage: 123 (16 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 70
- Construction (26%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Beverage and tobacco products (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Apparel (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (21%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (17%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Woodworkers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Cashiers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Siloam township:
- United States or American (41.0%)
- English (18.4%)
- German (11.4%)
- Scottish (4.8%)
- Irish (4.1%)
- European (2.9%)
- Dutch (2.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 329 (71%)
- Carpooled: 90 (19%)
- Walked: 8 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (2%)
- Worked at home: 28 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (42%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (40%)
- Wood (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Utility gas (2%)
96.8% of residents of Siloam township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,024- In family households: 969 (269 male householders, 44 female householders)
252 spouses, 346 children (334 natural, 0 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 0 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 55 (0 male householders (0 living alone)), 50 female householders (46 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 121 2-persons, 94 3-persons, 56 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 20 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 46 1-person, 4 2-persons,
195 married couples with children.
36 single-parent households (10 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 5.4% |
| 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% |