Simpsonville township, Rockingham County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (36% naturalized citizens)
| Simpsonville township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
70% of Simpsonville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2968
- Northeast: 64
- Midwest: 56
- South: 362
- West: 58
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,011
- One, attached: 7
- 3 or 4: 10
- Mobile homes: 524
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,700
Housing units in Simpsonville township with a mortgage: 411 (8 second mortgage, 55 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 190
- Construction (19%)
- Textile mills and textile products (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Textile mills and textile products (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Simpsonville township:
- United States or American (38.4%)
- English (10.3%)
- Irish (10.0%)
- German (6.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.0%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
- African (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (88%)
- Germany (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,511 (80%)
- Carpooled: 294 (16%)
- Taxi: 11 (1%)
- Walked: 28 (1%)
- Worked at home: 38 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (47%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Wood (7%)
- Utility gas (7%)
96.0% of residents of Simpsonville township speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (27% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 43% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 47% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,590- In family households: 3,257 (882 male householders, 215 female householders)
948 spouses, 1,047 children (961 natural, 18 adopted, 68 stepchildren), 61 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 32 parents, 32 other relatives, 40 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 333 (209 male householders (193 living alone)), 108 female householders (108 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 483 2-persons, 276 3-persons, 242 4-persons, 69 5-persons, 27 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 301 1-person, 16 2-persons,
651 married couples with children.
176 single-parent households (55 men, 121 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 57
| Here: | 14.1% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 35
| Here: | 19.9% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |