Townsville township, Vance County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Land area: 33.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 6.4 sq. mi.
Population: 1,065 (all rural)
| Males: 515 |  (48.4%) |
| Females: 550 |  (51.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,065 (861 owner occupied, 204 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 19% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Townsville township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 41.4%
- Black: 53.8%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.4%
- Hispanic or Latino: 3.9%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 40.3
Median age of females: 42.3
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Average household size: 2.57
| Townsville township: | 2.6 people |
| North Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.04
| Townsville township: | $34,938 |
| North Carolina: | $45,906 |
| Here: | $432 |
| State: | $619 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $100,054 (it was $70,800 in 2000)
| : | $100,054 |
| North Carolina: | $154,300 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $152,935
Here: $152,935 State: $219,576
Townhouses or other attached units: $142,703
Here: $142,703 State: $173,086
Mobile homes: $77,830
Here: $77,830 State: $64,697
| Population density: 32 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 14.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
| This township: | 7.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.5% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Townsville Landing (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Townsville township include: Marrows Chapel (A), Mount Calvary Church (B), Woodworth Church (C), Nutbush Church (D), Philadelphia Church (E), Rock Spring Church (F), Tabernacle Church (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Dodson Creek (A), Marion Branch (B), Gills Creek (C), Michael Creek (D), Poplar Spring Branch (E), Little Nutbush Creek (F), Little Island Creek (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Townsville township include: Hibernia Public Use Area (1), Henderson Point Public Use Area (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
70% of Townsville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 761
- Northeast: 88
- Midwest: 22
- South: 150
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
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: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 296
- One, attached: 6
- Mobile homes: 324
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,500
Housing units in Townsville township with a mortgage: 65 (0 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 70
- Construction (21%)
- Wood products (11%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Health care (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Beverage and tobacco products (8%)
- Textile mills and textile products (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (13%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (8%)
- Accountants and auditors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Townsville township:
- United States or American (18.8%)
- German (3.7%)
- English (3.2%)
- African (2.5%)
- French Canadian (0.9%)
- French (except Basque) (0.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (0.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 293 (69%)
- Carpooled: 99 (23%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 24 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (51%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Wood (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- No fuel used (1%)
99.4% of residents of Townsville township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,034- In family households: 907 (151 male householders, 133 female householders)
261 spouses, 222 children (209 natural, 0 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 82 grandchildren, 30 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 15 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 127 (49 male householders (49 living alone)), 64 female householders (48 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 133 2-persons, 63 3-persons, 55 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 18 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 97 1-person, 16 2-persons,
142 married couples with children.
53 single-parent households (8 men, 45 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% |