Atwell township, Rowan County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (8% naturalized citizens)
| Atwell township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Atwell township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8832
- Northeast: 405
- Midwest: 381
- South: 1339
- West: 157
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $93,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Atwell township, North Carolina:
- 64 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 31 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 15 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 3 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,994
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 9
- Mobile homes: 1,467
Median worth of mobile homes: $61,400
Housing units in Atwell township with a mortgage: 1,407 (98 second mortgage, 295 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 779
- Construction (18%)
- Textile mills and textile products (10%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Utilities (3%)
- Textile mills and textile products (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Atwell township:
- United States or American (34.2%)
- German (17.0%)
- Irish (9.8%)
- English (7.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.9%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
- Italian (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (26%)
- El Salvador (26%)
- Cuba (16%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Other Caribbean (9%)
- Germany (8%)
- Colombia (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,420 (80%)
- Carpooled: 856 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 26 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 37 (1%)
- Other means: 37 (1%)
- Worked at home: 118 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (64%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Utility gas (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Atwell township, North Carolina:
- 64 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 31 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 15 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 3 people in other group homes
96.5% of residents of Atwell township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,174- In family households: 10,086 (2,645 male householders, 655 female householders)
2,819 spouses, 3,311 children (3,030 natural, 53 adopted, 228 stepchildren), 238 grandchildren, 56 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 121 other relatives, 224 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,088 (502 male householders (433 living alone)), 456 female householders (416 living alone)), 130 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 116 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,339 2-persons, 873 3-persons, 731 4-persons, 237 5-persons, 86 6-persons, 34 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 849 1-person, 95 2-persons, 14 3-persons,
2,124 married couples with children.
474 single-parent households (143 men, 331 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 24
| Here: | 1.6% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 34
| Here: | 5.0% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 45
| Here: | 17.4% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |