Providence township, Rowan County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (54% naturalized citizens)
| Providence township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Providence township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6975
- Northeast: 451
- Midwest: 370
- South: 946
- West: 131
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
14 people in other group homes
5 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,779
- Two: 49
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 10
- 10 to 19: 20
- 20 to 49: 10
- Mobile homes: 963
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 19
Median worth of mobile homes: $53,200
Housing units in Providence township with a mortgage: 1,366 (85 second mortgage, 244 home equity loan, 27 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 573
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (11%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Providence township:
- United States or American (36.5%)
- German (23.7%)
- English (6.8%)
- Irish (4.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.6%)
- Italian (1.5%)
- African (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (37%)
- United Kingdom (21%)
- Thailand (13%)
- Japan (7%)
- Germany (6%)
- Jamaica (6%)
- Canada (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,854 (82%)
- Carpooled: 554 (12%)
- Motorcycle: 22 (0%)
- Walked: 18 (0%)
- Other means: 56 (1%)
- Worked at home: 170 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (58%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Utility gas (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (4%)
14 people in other group homes
5 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
96.8% of residents of Providence township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 20% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,023- In family households: 8,131 (2,359 male householders, 392 female householders)
2,334 spouses, 2,631 children (2,397 natural, 47 adopted, 187 stepchildren), 145 grandchildren, 34 brothers or sisters, 29 parents, 71 other relatives, 136 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 892 (342 male householders (290 living alone)), 429 female householders (373 living alone)), 121 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 22 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,248 2-persons, 661 3-persons, 630 4-persons, 147 5-persons, 55 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 663 1-person, 102 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
1,633 married couples with children.
366 single-parent households (123 men, 243 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 158
| Here: | 15.6% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 23
| Here: | 4.4% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 57
| Here: | 20.6% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |