Washington township, Beaufort County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (25% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
55% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10862
- Northeast: 873
- Midwest: 492
- South: 1360
- West: 165
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $92,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Washington township, North Carolina:
- 325 people in nursing homes
- 76 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 33 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 6 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,970
- One, attached: 304
- Two: 460
- 3 or 4: 306
- 5 to 9: 146
- 10 to 19: 45
- 20 to 49: 164
- 50 or more: 18
- Mobile homes: 858
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,300
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 1,736 (155 second mortgage, 377 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 957
- Construction (11%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- United States or American (14.9%)
- English (12.4%)
- Irish (5.1%)
- German (4.0%)
- Scottish (1.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.8%)
- French (except Basque) (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (44%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (18%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Other Eastern Africa (6%)
- Asia, n.e.c. (4%)
- Other South Central Asia (3%)
- Germany (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,136 (77%)
- Carpooled: 841 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 17 (0%)
- Taxi: 17 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 23 (0%)
- Walked: 111 (2%)
- Other means: 60 (1%)
- Worked at home: 187 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (38%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Washington township, North Carolina:
- 325 people in nursing homes
- 76 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 33 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 6 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in other nonhousehold living situations
94.1% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (12% speak English very well, 52% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 19% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,599- In family households: 11,449 (2,554 male householders, 1,238 female householders)
2,668 spouses, 4,040 children (3,770 natural, 77 adopted, 193 stepchildren), 286 grandchildren, 121 brothers or sisters, 37 parents, 205 other relatives, 300 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,150 (710 male householders (585 living alone)), 1,195 female householders (1,089 living alone)), 245 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 465 (370 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,775 2-persons, 922 3-persons, 646 4-persons, 276 5-persons, 121 6-persons, 52 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,674 1-person, 199 2-persons, 32 3-persons,
1,763 married couples with children.
1,243 single-parent households (161 men, 1,082 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 82
| Here: | 5.0% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 87
| Here: | 9.6% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 44
| Here: | 7.8% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |