South River township, Sampson County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 11 (16% naturalized citizens)
| South River township: | 11.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of South River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1552
- Northeast: 88
- Midwest: 16
- South: 97
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
37 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 468
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 5
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 374
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in South River township with a mortgage: 96 (14 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 150
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (36%)
- Construction (12%)
- Food (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Machinery (2%)
- Health care (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Apparel (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (16%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (12%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (10%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South River township:
- United States or American (12.4%)
- English (6.4%)
- German (3.3%)
- Irish (2.9%)
- African (1.4%)
- Italian (1.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (91%)
- Germany (4%)
- El Salvador (3%)
- Guatemala (2%)
- Philippines (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 556 (76%)
- Carpooled: 128 (18%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Other means: 14 (2%)
- Worked at home: 11 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
37 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
85.6% of residents of South River township speak English at home.
12.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,966- In family households: 1,776 (388 male householders, 159 female householders)
345 spouses, 617 children (562 natural, 13 adopted, 42 stepchildren), 105 grandchildren, 31 brothers or sisters, 23 parents, 63 other relatives, 45 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 190 (65 male householders (48 living alone)), 93 female householders (91 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 41 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 240 2-persons, 115 3-persons, 106 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 139 1-person, 15 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
254 married couples with children.
164 single-parent households (35 men, 129 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: 18
| Here: | 29.5% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |