Williamston township, Martin County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (37% naturalized citizens)
| Williamston township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
65% of Williamston township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8309
- Northeast: 483
- Midwest: 144
- South: 576
- West: 27
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $62,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
240 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
6 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,840
- One, attached: 129
- Two: 203
- 3 or 4: 163
- 5 to 9: 49
- 10 to 19: 23
- 20 to 49: 42
- 50 or more: 46
- Mobile homes: 575
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,200
Housing units in Williamston township with a mortgage: 1,099 (62 second mortgage, 188 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 817
- Construction (11%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Paper (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Paper (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Williamston township:
- United States or American (19.7%)
- English (8.0%)
- German (2.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
- Irish (1.9%)
- Scottish (0.8%)
- French (except Basque) (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (57%)
- Korea (15%)
- Vietnam (9%)
- Other Western Africa (9%)
- Egypt (7%)
- Germany (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,893 (78%)
- Carpooled: 653 (18%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Taxi: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 40 (1%)
- Other means: 52 (1%)
- Worked at home: 62 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (42%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Wood (2%)
240 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
6 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
97.2% of residents of Williamston township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 36% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 26% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,450- In family households: 8,213 (1,725 male householders, 977 female householders)
1,680 spouses, 2,902 children (2,593 natural, 111 adopted, 198 stepchildren), 405 grandchildren, 101 brothers or sisters, 72 parents, 166 other relatives, 185 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,237 (355 male householders (287 living alone)), 766 female householders (728 living alone)), 116 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 247 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,166 2-persons, 709 3-persons, 512 4-persons, 196 5-persons, 76 6-persons, 43 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,015 1-person, 86 2-persons, 20 3-persons,
1,208 married couples with children.
1,025 single-parent households (96 men, 929 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 61
| Here: | 4.6% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 2.2% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 29
| Here: | 9.9% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |