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General Housing Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

OCCUPANCY STATUS

   

Total housing units

290

100.0

Occupied housing units 215 74.1
Vacant housing units 75 25.9
     

TENURE

   

Occupied housing units

215

100.0

Owner-occupied housing units 109 50.7
Renter-occupied housing units 106 49.3
     

VACANCY STATUS

   

Vacant housing units

75

100.0

For rent 12 16.0
For sale only 2 2.7
Rented or sold, not occupied 4 5.3
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 54 72.0
For migratory workers 0 0.0
Other vacant 3 4.0
     

RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

215

100.0

One race 210 97.7

White

201 93.5

Black or African American

5 2.3

American Indian and Alaska Native

0 0.0

Asian

4 1.9

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

0 0.0

Some other race

0 0.0
Two or more races 5 2.3
     

HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

215

100.0

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 2 0.9
Not Hispanic or Latino 213 99.1

White alone

199 92.6
     

AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

215

100.0

15 to 24 years 26 12.1
25 to 34 years 38 17.7
35 to 44 years 36 16.7
45 to 54 years 34 15.8
55 to 64 years 33 15.3
65 years and over 48 22.3

65 to 74 years

30 14.0

75 to 84 years

16 7.4

85 years and over

2 0.9
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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