Smithfield township, Johnston County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 9 (14% naturalized citizens)
| Smithfield township: | 9.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
60% of Smithfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10221
- Northeast: 954
- Midwest: 304
- South: 1510
- West: 235
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $76,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Smithfield township, North Carolina:
- 643 people in state prisons
- 424 people in nursing homes
- 193 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 64 people in other group homes
- 36 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,077
- One, attached: 113
- Two: 291
- 3 or 4: 315
- 5 to 9: 194
- 10 to 19: 44
- 20 to 49: 148
- 50 or more: 14
- Mobile homes: 818
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,200
Housing units in Smithfield township with a mortgage: 1,686 (146 second mortgage, 290 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 888
- Construction (24%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (12%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Smithfield township:
- United States or American (20.0%)
- English (11.7%)
- Irish (4.3%)
- German (3.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.6%)
- European (1.5%)
- Scottish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (66%)
- Honduras (14%)
- Guatemala (3%)
- Germany (3%)
- India (2%)
- Austria (1%)
- Asia, n.e.c. (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,262 (74%)
- Carpooled: 1,132 (20%)
- Railroad: 14 (0%)
- Taxi: 67 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 41 (1%)
- Bicycle: 15 (0%)
- Walked: 73 (1%)
- Other means: 27 (0%)
- Worked at home: 117 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (49%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Utility gas (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Smithfield township, North Carolina:
- 643 people in state prisons
- 424 people in nursing homes
- 193 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 64 people in other group homes
- 36 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
87.2% of residents of Smithfield township speak English at home.
11.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (39% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 21% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,303- In family households: 10,859 (2,571 male householders, 953 female householders)
2,694 spouses, 3,515 children (3,223 natural, 106 adopted, 186 stepchildren), 314 grandchildren, 132 brothers or sisters, 68 parents, 217 other relatives, 395 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,444 (819 male householders (641 living alone)), 1,273 female householders (1,210 living alone)), 352 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,377 (1,258 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,680 2-persons, 708 3-persons, 674 4-persons, 319 5-persons, 76 6-persons, 67 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,851 1-person, 165 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 9 5-persons,
1,882 married couples with children.
926 single-parent households (151 men, 775 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 53
| Here: | 3.6% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 24
| Here: | 3.5% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 80
| Here: | 25.2% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |