Star township, Montgomery County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (12% naturalized citizens)
| Star township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
69% of Star township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2470
- Northeast: 57
- Midwest: 23
- South: 173
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $23,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
6 people in homes for the physically handicapped
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 811
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 17
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 2
- 10 to 19: 4
- Mobile homes: 360
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,500
Housing units in Star township with a mortgage: 234 (8 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 226
- Construction (15%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (14%)
- Apparel (13%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Apparel (23%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (15%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Finance and insurance (2%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (18%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Star township:
- United States or American (34.1%)
- English (11.8%)
- Irish (5.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.0%)
- German (4.2%)
- Scottish (4.0%)
- French Canadian (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (98%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,090 (81%)
- Carpooled: 198 (15%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 36 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Wood (5%)
- No fuel used (1%)
6 people in homes for the physically handicapped
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
93.6% of residents of Star township speak English at home.
5.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,782- In family households: 2,361 (630 male householders, 140 female householders)
610 spouses, 804 children (740 natural, 7 adopted, 57 stepchildren), 43 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 59 other relatives, 49 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 421 (176 male householders (136 living alone)), 185 female householders (181 living alone)), 60 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 12 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 341 2-persons, 183 3-persons, 143 4-persons, 64 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 317 1-person, 31 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
469 married couples with children.
152 single-parent households (40 men, 112 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 4.1% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 4.2% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 3.2% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |