Institute township, Lenoir County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (12% naturalized citizens)
Institute township: | 3.7% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
49% of Institute township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2026
- Northeast: 125
- Midwest: 15
- South: 174
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 469
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 552
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,100
Housing units in Institute township with a mortgage: 233 (18 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 111
- Construction (24%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Institute township:
- United States or American (35.4%)
- English (10.7%)
- German (5.4%)
- Irish (1.9%)
- European (1.8%)
- French (except Basque) (1.7%)
- Scottish (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (92%)
- Taiwan (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 945 (82%)
- Carpooled: 163 (14%)
- Walked: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 29 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (71%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
92.8% of residents of Institute township speak English at home.
6.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (42% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 41% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,468- In family households: 2,265 (528 male householders, 221 female householders)
525 spouses, 789 children (737 natural, 6 adopted, 46 stepchildren), 37 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 56 other relatives, 74 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 203 (81 male householders (81 living alone)), 111 female householders (101 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 370 2-persons, 123 3-persons, 170 4-persons, 57 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 182 1-person, 10 2-persons,
436 married couples with children.
203 single-parent households (41 men, 162 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
Here: | 5.9% |
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: 8
Here: | 8.3% |
North Carolina: | 20.2% |