Qualla township, Jackson County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Qualla township: | 3.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
66% of Qualla township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3870
- Northeast: 241
- Midwest: 136
- South: 663
- West: 176
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,687
- One, attached: 17
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 16
- 10 to 19: 9
- Mobile homes: 743
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 78
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,000
Housing units in Qualla township with a mortgage: 417 (28 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 645
- Construction (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (12%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Qualla township:
- United States or American (14.0%)
- English (5.0%)
- Irish (4.8%)
- German (4.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
- Scottish (1.7%)
- French (except Basque) (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Laos (23%)
- Vietnam (13%)
- India (12%)
- Thailand (10%)
- Germany (10%)
- Mexico (9%)
- Canada (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,563 (66%)
- Carpooled: 692 (29%)
- Walked: 76 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 37 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Wood (14%)
- Utility gas (2%)
83.7% of residents of Qualla township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
2.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
10.3% of residents speak other language at home (72% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,295- In family households: 4,672 (986 male householders, 471 female householders)
1,007 spouses, 1,656 children (1,539 natural, 35 adopted, 82 stepchildren), 214 grandchildren, 41 brothers or sisters, 36 parents, 66 other relatives, 195 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 623 (216 male householders (180 living alone)), 315 female householders (271 living alone)), 92 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 571 2-persons, 407 3-persons, 254 4-persons, 157 5-persons, 58 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 451 1-person, 67 2-persons, 13 3-persons,
697 married couples with children.
484 single-parent households (120 men, 364 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 70
| Here: | 9.7% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 4.4% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 42
| Here: | 19.6% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |