Stony Creek township, Nash County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 31.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 23,570 (95% urban, 5% rural)
Males: 11,117 | (47.2%) |
Females: 12,453 | (52.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 23,103 (16,339 owner occupied, 6,764 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 29% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Stony Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 72.8%
- Black: 22.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 1.2%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 2.3%
- Two or more races: 1.1%
- Some other race: 0.2%
Median age of males: 38.3
Median age of females: 39.8
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Average household size: 2.44
Stony Creek township: | 2.4 people |
North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.96
Stony Creek township: | $40,057 |
North Carolina: | $45,906 |
Here: | $464 |
State: | $619 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $110,500 (it was $85,600 in 2000)
: | $110,500 |
North Carolina: | $154,300 |
Population density: 755 people per square mile | (high). |
This township: | 21.4% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
This township: | 1.6% |
Whole state: | 5.5% |
Cities in this township include: Dortches.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Ricks Place (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Stony Creek township: West Mount Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoir: Coley Pond (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Polecat Branch (A). Display/hide its location on the map
46% of Stony Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 34% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 221
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 56
- South: 66
- West: 146
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $195,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Stony Creek township, North Carolina:
- 314 people in nursing homes
- 134 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 9 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 142
- Mobile homes: 53
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,800
Housing units in Stony Creek township with a mortgage: 38 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 46
- Construction (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Metal and metal products (13%)
- Health care (10%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Food (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Computer and electronic products (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Metals and minerals, except petroleum, merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Carpenters (14%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Woodworkers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (14%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (13%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Stony Creek township:
- United States or American (37.1%)
- German (7.8%)
- Dutch (6.6%)
- English (4.5%)
- British (3.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 146 (66%)
- Carpooled: 37 (17%)
- Worked at home: 38 (17%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Wood (30%)
- Electricity (19%)
People in group quarters in Stony Creek township, North Carolina:
- 314 people in nursing homes
- 134 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 9 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
95.5% of residents of Stony Creek township speak English at home.
4.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 496- In family households: 455 (134 male householders, 11 female householders)
133 spouses, 169 children (130 natural, 0 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 41 (13 male householders (13 living alone)), 28 female householders (28 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 75 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 41 1-person,
4,377 married couples with children.
1,111 single-parent households (219 men, 892 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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |