Sulphur Springs township, Rutherford County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (28% naturalized citizens)
| Sulphur Springs township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
68% of Sulphur Springs township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3461
- Northeast: 122
- Midwest: 160
- South: 844
- West: 39
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $71,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
69 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,240
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 24
- Mobile homes: 700
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,000
Housing units in Sulphur Springs township with a mortgage: 515 (21 second mortgage, 98 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 287
- Construction (17%)
- Textile mills and textile products (13%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Textile mills and textile products (16%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sulphur Springs township:
- United States or American (35.6%)
- English (12.6%)
- Irish (12.3%)
- German (11.7%)
- Scottish (2.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (65%)
- Japan (21%)
- Other Western Europe (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,928 (84%)
- Carpooled: 310 (13%)
- Walked: 7 (0%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 46 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (55%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (4%)
69 people in nursing homes
95.1% of residents of Sulphur Springs township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (31% speak English very well, 69% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,629- In family households: 4,152 (1,172 male householders, 231 female householders)
1,156 spouses, 1,348 children (1,155 natural, 60 adopted, 133 stepchildren), 77 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 84 other relatives, 62 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 477 (168 male householders (124 living alone)), 243 female householders (229 living alone)), 66 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 65 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 605 2-persons, 408 3-persons, 273 4-persons, 109 5-persons, 8 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 353 1-person, 47 2-persons, 11 3-persons,
783 married couples with children.
228 single-parent households (58 men, 170 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
| Here: | 3.6% |
| 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: 5
| Here: | 3.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |