Turnersburg township, Iredell County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (14% naturalized citizens)
| Turnersburg township: | 5.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
60% of Turnersburg township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2870
- Northeast: 189
- Midwest: 95
- South: 414
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $87,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
44 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 858
- One, attached: 2
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 590
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $52,800
Housing units in Turnersburg township with a mortgage: 360 (79 second mortgage, 39 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 192
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (12%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Turnersburg township:
- United States or American (29.9%)
- English (12.7%)
- German (7.5%)
- Irish (4.3%)
- Scottish (3.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.0%)
- Italian (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (58%)
- El Salvador (32%)
- Guatemala (3%)
- Ecuador (3%)
- Colombia (2%)
- Germany (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,414 (78%)
- Carpooled: 234 (13%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 61 (3%)
- Other means: 42 (2%)
- Worked at home: 58 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (56%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Other fuel (2%)
44 people in nursing homes
91.9% of residents of Turnersburg township speak English at home.
7.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,738- In family households: 3,407 (855 male householders, 213 female householders)
862 spouses, 1,234 children (1,143 natural, 38 adopted, 53 stepchildren), 118 grandchildren, 22 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 51 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 331 (144 male householders (121 living alone)), 163 female householders (161 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 60 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 435 2-persons, 250 3-persons, 224 4-persons, 87 5-persons, 55 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 282 1-person, 23 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
649 married couples with children.
189 single-parent households (59 men, 130 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 40
| Here: | 7.9% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 6.7% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 13.8% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |