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General Housing Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

OCCUPANCY STATUS

   

Total housing units

922

100.0

Occupied housing units 825 89.5
Vacant housing units 97 10.5
     

TENURE

   

Occupied housing units

825

100.0

Owner-occupied housing units 458 55.5
Renter-occupied housing units 367 44.5
     

VACANCY STATUS

   

Vacant housing units

97

100.0

For rent 28 28.9
For sale only 13 13.4
Rented or sold, not occupied 6 6.2
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 23 23.7
For migratory workers 0 0.0
Other vacant 27 27.8
     

RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

825

100.0

One race 818 99.2

White

792 96.0

Black or African American

13 1.6

American Indian and Alaska Native

0 0.0

Asian

2 0.2

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

0 0.0

Some other race

11 1.3
Two or more races 7 0.8
     

HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

825

100.0

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 36 4.4
Not Hispanic or Latino 789 95.6

White alone

769 93.2
     

AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

825

100.0

15 to 24 years 49 5.9
25 to 34 years 101 12.2
35 to 44 years 123 14.9
45 to 54 years 128 15.5
55 to 64 years 136 16.5
65 years and over 288 34.9

65 to 74 years

131 15.9

75 to 84 years

112 13.6

85 years and over

45 5.5
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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