Vance township, Lenoir County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (26% naturalized citizens)
| Vance township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
53% of Vance township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3041
- Northeast: 148
- Midwest: 67
- South: 299
- West: 30
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
40 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 977
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 4
- 10 to 19: 14
- 20 to 49: 6
- Mobile homes: 445
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,100
Housing units in Vance township with a mortgage: 496 (50 second mortgage, 84 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 232
- Construction (14%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Health care (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Vance township:
- United States or American (24.0%)
- English (10.4%)
- Irish (3.6%)
- German (2.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.4%)
- African (1.2%)
- Italian (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (54%)
- Japan (20%)
- Poland (15%)
- Germany (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,468 (83%)
- Carpooled: 242 (14%)
- Walked: 18 (1%)
- Other means: 18 (1%)
- Worked at home: 18 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (61%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
40 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.6% of residents of Vance township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (38% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 47% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,587- In family households: 3,178 (719 male householders, 317 female householders)
762 spouses, 1,171 children (1,052 natural, 37 adopted, 82 stepchildren), 40 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 64 parents, 59 other relatives, 46 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 409 (179 male householders (148 living alone)), 176 female householders (161 living alone)), 54 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 44 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 428 2-persons, 281 3-persons, 195 4-persons, 88 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 309 1-person, 39 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
504 married couples with children.
295 single-parent households (70 men, 225 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 1.1% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 29
| Here: | 14.2% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 7.3% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |