Washington township, Guilford County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (10% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 3.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
74% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2073
- Northeast: 50
- Midwest: 70
- South: 172
- West: 21
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
42 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 900
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 160
Median worth of mobile homes: $51,900
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 318 (60 second mortgage, 40 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 192
- Construction (22%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Finance and insurance (15%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Business operations specialists (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (7%)
- Accountants and auditors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- United States or American (35.2%)
- German (13.5%)
- English (6.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.1%)
- Scottish (5.3%)
- Irish (4.3%)
- European (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (74%)
- Other Caribbean (17%)
- Canada (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,075 (81%)
- Carpooled: 184 (14%)
- Walked: 20 (2%)
- Worked at home: 45 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Electricity (38%)
- Wood (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- No fuel used (2%)
42 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
96.7% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (28% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 24% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,423- In family households: 2,212 (656 male householders, 108 female householders)
674 spouses, 693 children (652 natural, 14 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 10 other relatives, 54 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 211 (115 male householders (102 living alone)), 74 female householders (74 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 41 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 347 2-persons, 215 3-persons, 143 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 16 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 176 1-person, 10 2-persons, 3 6-persons,
451 married couples with children.
74 single-parent households (32 men, 42 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
| Here: | 10.1% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |