Swansboro township, Onslow County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (51% naturalized citizens)
| Swansboro township: | 3.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
42% of Swansboro township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 22% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5934
- Northeast: 2406
- Midwest: 1680
- South: 3123
- West: 1142
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $76,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
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
31 people in homes for the mentally retarded
9 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,687
- One, attached: 129
- Two: 89
- 3 or 4: 134
- 5 to 9: 49
- 10 to 19: 11
- 50 or more: 10
- Mobile homes: 2,508
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,700
Housing units in Swansboro township with a mortgage: 2,025 (169 second mortgage, 194 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 606
- Construction (22%)
- Public administration (15%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Swansboro township:
- United States or American (15.3%)
- German (13.7%)
- Irish (12.9%)
- English (10.6%)
- Italian (6.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.1%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (19%)
- Mexico (16%)
- Japan (11%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Germany (7%)
- Micronesia (5%)
- Korea (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,846 (79%)
- Carpooled: 1,144 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 16 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 58 (1%)
- Walked: 83 (1%)
- Other means: 97 (1%)
- Worked at home: 185 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (83%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
31 people in homes for the mentally retarded
9 people in other group homes
93.3% of residents of Swansboro township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 15,028- In family households: 13,166 (3,408 male householders, 820 female householders)
3,484 spouses, 4,783 children (4,269 natural, 151 adopted, 363 stepchildren), 106 grandchildren, 31 brothers or sisters, 48 parents, 134 other relatives, 352 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,862 (785 male householders (557 living alone)), 673 female householders (585 living alone)), 404 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 41 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,658 2-persons, 1,122 3-persons, 978 4-persons, 364 5-persons, 67 6-persons, 39 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,142 1-person, 226 2-persons, 67 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 6 5-persons,
3,217 married couples with children.
891 single-parent households (247 men, 644 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 77
| Here: | 4.1% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
| Here: | 2.0% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 148
| Here: | 19.3% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |