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South Toe township, Yancey County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 2 (22% naturalized citizens)

South Toe township:

2.1%
Whole state:

5.3%

68% of South Toe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in North Carolina.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 1568
  • Northeast: 142
  • Midwest: 166
  • South: 377
  • West: 31

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households
South Toe township, NC map South Toe township, North Carolina satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $37,900


Housing units in South Toe township with a mortgage: 213 (14 second mortgage, 40 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 350

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 44
  • 1995 to 1998: 184
  • 1990 to 1994: 130
  • 1980 to 1989: 350
  • 1970 to 1979: 298
  • 1960 to 1969: 162
  • 1950 to 1959: 150
  • 1940 to 1949: 119
  • 1939 or earlier: 84

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in South Toe township, North Carolina:

  • 1 room: 3
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 63
  • 4 rooms: 183
  • 5 rooms: 213
  • 6 rooms: 233
  • 7 rooms: 73
  • 8 rooms: 70
  • 9 or more rooms: 12

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in South Toe township, North Carolina:

  • 1 room: 10
  • 2 rooms: 12
  • 3 rooms: 36
  • 4 rooms: 40
  • 5 rooms: 35
  • 6 rooms: 6
  • 7 rooms: 1
  • 8 rooms: 1
  • 9 or more rooms: 4

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in South Toe township:

  • no bedroom: 3
  • 1 bedroom: 39
  • 2 bedrooms: 279
  • 3 bedrooms: 478
  • 4 bedrooms: 49
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 2

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in South Toe township:

  • no bedroom: 10
  • 1 bedroom: 27
  • 2 bedrooms: 79
  • 3 bedrooms: 20
  • 4 bedrooms: 5
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 4

Cars and other vehicles available in South Toe township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 51
  • 1 vehicle: 202
  • 2 vehicles: 314
  • 3 vehicles: 197
  • 4 vehicles: 62
  • 5 or more vehicles: 24

Cars and other vehicles available in South Toe township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 17
  • 1 vehicle: 65
  • 2 vehicles: 51
  • 3 vehicles: 12
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (20%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
  • Repair and maintenance (5%)
  • Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
  • Truck transportation (4%)
  • Health care (4%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Educational services (20%)
  • Health care (16%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (7%)
  • Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
  • Personal and laundry services (5%)
  • Machinery (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Carpenters (11%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (4%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Other production occupations including supervisors (17%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Secondary school teachers (5%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
  • Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
  • Personal appearance workers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in South Toe township:

  • United States or American (36.9%)
  • Irish (14.4%)
  • Scotch-Irish (9.5%)
  • English (8.9%)
  • German (8.4%)
  • Scottish (4.2%)
  • British (2.2%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Mexico (65%)
  • Germany (12%)
  • Ukraine (12%)
  • Canada (10%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (67%)
  • Wood (18%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
  • Electricity (4%)
  • Solar energy (2%)
  • Utility gas (1%)

96.6% of residents of South Toe township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 44% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 2,343

Size of family households: 348 2-persons, 186 3-persons, 113 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 239 1-person, 31 2-persons, 12 3-persons,

425 married couples with children.
65 single-parent households (29 men, 36 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
Here:

3.4%
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: 18
Here:

47.4%
North Carolina:

20.2%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in South Toe township:

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