Dysartsville township, McDowell County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Dysartsville township: | 2.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
50% of Dysartsville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2110
- Northeast: 54
- Midwest: 87
- South: 362
- West: 43
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
162 people in nursing homes
16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 534
- 3 or 4: 9
- Mobile homes: 526
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,200
Housing units in Dysartsville township with a mortgage: 223 (32 second mortgage, 64 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 123
- Construction (22%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (10%)
- Textile mills and textile products (9%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Textile mills and textile products (14%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dysartsville township:
- United States or American (68.2%)
- Irish (4.8%)
- English (3.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
- Scottish (2.0%)
- German (1.4%)
- Polish (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (36%)
- Laos (33%)
- Thailand (31%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,120 (84%)
- Carpooled: 165 (12%)
- Walked: 15 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 18 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (54%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
162 people in nursing homes
16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
94.2% of residents of Dysartsville township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
5.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (16% speak English very well, 48% speak English well, 36% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,565- In family households: 2,255 (586 male householders, 165 female householders)
615 spouses, 761 children (653 natural, 6 adopted, 102 stepchildren), 53 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 26 other relatives, 37 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 310 (93 male householders (78 living alone)), 177 female householders (151 living alone)), 40 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 186 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 356 2-persons, 150 3-persons, 181 4-persons, 45 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 229 1-person, 41 2-persons,
552 married couples with children.
121 single-parent households (38 men, 83 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 49
| Here: | 14.5% |
| 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: 29
| Here: | 43.9% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |