Sumner township, Guilford County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (16% naturalized citizens)
| Sumner township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Sumner township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7463
- Northeast: 326
- Midwest: 380
- South: 1323
- West: 196
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $114,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
12 people in homes for the physically handicapped
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,389
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 34
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 82
- 10 to 19: 16
- 20 to 49: 8
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 580
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,600
Housing units in Sumner township with a mortgage: 1,791 (280 second mortgage, 289 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 757
- Construction (15%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sumner township:
- United States or American (24.1%)
- English (14.1%)
- German (7.9%)
- Irish (7.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.6%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
- Italian (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (23%)
- Vietnam (21%)
- Mexico (19%)
- Guatemala (10%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Korea (8%)
- India (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,525 (86%)
- Carpooled: 477 (9%)
- Walked: 74 (1%)
- Other means: 40 (1%)
- Worked at home: 148 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (58%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Utility gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Wood (2%)
12 people in homes for the physically handicapped
95.7% of residents of Sumner township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (32% speak English very well, 41% speak English well, 27% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,846- In family households: 8,702 (2,434 male householders, 613 female householders)
2,536 spouses, 2,604 children (2,448 natural, 56 adopted, 100 stepchildren), 112 grandchildren, 103 brothers or sisters, 72 parents, 118 other relatives, 110 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,144 (540 male householders (424 living alone)), 429 female householders (374 living alone)), 175 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 12 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,508 2-persons, 751 3-persons, 533 4-persons, 210 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 798 1-person, 171 2-persons,
1,794 married couples with children.
417 single-parent households (122 men, 295 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 76
| Here: | 8.7% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 54
| Here: | 11.0% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 57
| Here: | 16.4% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |