Tryon township, Polk County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (35% naturalized citizens)
| Tryon township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Tryon 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, 24% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1421
- Northeast: 696
- Midwest: 441
- South: 1029
- West: 101
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
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
People in group quarters in Tryon township, North Carolina:
- 81 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,622
- One, attached: 57
- Two: 110
- 3 or 4: 62
- 5 to 9: 89
- 10 to 19: 50
- 20 to 49: 13
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 79
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,200
Housing units in Tryon township with a mortgage: 509 (48 second mortgage, 65 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 654
- Construction (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Carpenters (3%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (3%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Tryon township:
- English (18.9%)
- Irish (12.1%)
- German (9.5%)
- United States or American (8.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (7.4%)
- Scottish (3.9%)
- European (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (22%)
- Germany (22%)
- Mexico (16%)
- Poland (11%)
- Canada (11%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (5%)
- Austria (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,209 (79%)
- Carpooled: 154 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 82 (5%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 73 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (41%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Utility gas (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Wood (3%)
People in group quarters in Tryon township, North Carolina:
- 81 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.3% of residents of Tryon township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English not well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,695- In family households: 2,881 (862 male householders, 213 female householders)
888 spouses, 746 children (662 natural, 25 adopted, 59 stepchildren), 58 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 41 parents, 35 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 814 (192 male householders (182 living alone)), 572 female householders (523 living alone)), 50 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 107 (84 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 663 2-persons, 224 3-persons, 107 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 705 1-person, 59 2-persons,
394 married couples with children.
141 single-parent households (18 men, 123 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 6.1% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 4.6% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |