Vance township, Union County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (42% naturalized citizens)
| Vance township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
48% of Vance township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 22% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 13472
- Northeast: 3376
- Midwest: 1784
- South: 4909
- West: 653
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $169,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 8,704
- One, attached: 68
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 26
- 5 to 9: 18
- Mobile homes: 688
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,800
Housing units in Vance township with a mortgage: 6,227 (801 second mortgage, 1,127 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 916
- Construction (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Vance township:
- United States or American (19.7%)
- German (14.0%)
- English (11.5%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.9%)
- Italian (5.7%)
- Polish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (11%)
- South Africa (10%)
- Canada (9%)
- Vietnam (8%)
- Mexico (8%)
- Germany (6%)
- Peru (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 11,593 (85%)
- Carpooled: 1,298 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 93 (1%)
- Railroad: 13 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 12 (0%)
- Bicycle: 15 (0%)
- Walked: 53 (0%)
- Other means: 45 (0%)
- Worked at home: 496 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Electricity (40%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (1%)
93.9% of residents of Vance township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 25,264- In family households: 23,280 (6,069 male householders, 1,350 female householders)
6,406 spouses, 8,163 children (7,496 natural, 203 adopted, 464 stepchildren), 349 grandchildren, 127 brothers or sisters, 167 parents, 298 other relatives, 351 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,984 (778 male householders (553 living alone)), 868 female householders (762 living alone)), 338 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 2,920 2-persons, 1,780 3-persons, 1,811 4-persons, 687 5-persons, 171 6-persons, 50 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,315 1-person, 292 2-persons, 39 3-persons,
5,865 married couples with children.
993 single-parent households (274 men, 719 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 356
| Here: | 11.0% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 87
| Here: | 6.5% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 147
| Here: | 18.4% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |