Steele township, Rowan County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 21.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,687 (all rural)
| Males: 827 |  (49.0%) |
| Females: 860 |  (51.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,687 (1,490 owner occupied, 197 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 12% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Steele township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 83.6%
- Black: 10.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino: 5.0%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 35.1
Median age of females: 34.8
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Average household size: 2.86
| Steele township: | 2.9 people |
| North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.18
| Steele township: | $41,154 |
| North Carolina: | $45,906 |
| Here: | $500 |
| State: | $619 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $136,000 (it was $88,000 in 2000)
| : | $136,000 |
| North Carolina: | $154,300 |
| Population density: 77 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 10.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
| This township: | 4.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.5% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Steele township include: Thyatira Church (A), Mount Zion Church (B), Ebenezer Church (C), Saint Lukes Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Fiber Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creeks: Back Creek (A), Withrow Creek (B), Sloans Creek (C), Sills Creek (D), Kerr Creek (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
61% of Steele township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 44% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1371
- Northeast: 64
- Midwest: 106
- South: 227
- West: 19
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 408
- Mobile homes: 207
Median worth of mobile homes: $48,800
Housing units in Steele township with a mortgage: 209 (43 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 59
- Construction (19%)
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Cashiers (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Steele township:
- United States or American (52.4%)
- German (16.5%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- English (4.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.0%)
- French (except Basque) (1.5%)
- Hungarian (1.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 617 (77%)
- Carpooled: 139 (17%)
- Walked: 18 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 21 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (56%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (4%)
98.9% of residents of Steele township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,787- In family households: 1,703 (405 male householders, 105 female householders)
452 spouses, 654 children (561 natural, 36 adopted, 57 stepchildren), 49 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 5 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 84 (45 male householders (45 living alone)), 39 female householders (39 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 154 2-persons, 124 3-persons, 127 4-persons, 72 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 84 1-person,
369 married couples with children.
83 single-parent households (26 men, 57 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 27
| Here: | 8.5% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 16.3% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |