Waccamaw township, Columbus County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (38% naturalized citizens)
| Waccamaw township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
63% of Waccamaw 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, 72% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1772
- Northeast: 147
- Midwest: 21
- South: 181
- West: 26
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $235,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
204 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
60 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 816
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 29
- 5 to 9: 10
- Mobile homes: 188
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,000
Housing units in Waccamaw township with a mortgage: 238 (32 second mortgage, 55 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 193
- Construction (12%)
- Paper (11%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (31%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (3%)
- Textile mills and textile products (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Waccamaw township:
- United States or American (28.6%)
- English (7.0%)
- Scottish (2.7%)
- Irish (2.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.9%)
- Norwegian (0.9%)
- Canadian (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (69%)
- Egypt (19%)
- Other Eastern Europe (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 652 (79%)
- Carpooled: 133 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 11 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 16 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (54%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
204 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
60 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
97.2% of residents of Waccamaw township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,915- In family households: 1,673 (423 male householders, 128 female householders)
399 spouses, 613 children (565 natural, 8 adopted, 40 stepchildren), 49 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 7 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 242 (83 male householders (80 living alone)), 148 female householders (142 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 265 (69 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 238 2-persons, 127 3-persons, 111 4-persons, 54 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 222 1-person, 9 2-persons,
348 married couples with children.
98 single-parent households (24 men, 74 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 6.4% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 7.4% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
| Here: | 22.5% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |