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QT-H8. Rooms, Bedrooms, and House Heating Fuel: 2000

Subject Number Percent
     
TENURE BY ROOMS    
 Owner-occupied housing units 5,259 100.0%
1 room 11 0.2%
2 rooms 54 1.0%
3 rooms 164 3.1%
4 rooms 740 14.1%
5 rooms 1,497 28.5%
6 rooms 1,265 24.1%
7 or more rooms 1,528 29.1%
Median 5.6 (X)
     
     
 Renter-occupied housing units 1,273 100.0%
1 room 5 0.4%
2 rooms 89 7.0%
3 rooms 225 17.7%
4 rooms 326 25.6%
5 rooms 306 24.0%
6 rooms 207 16.3%
7 or more rooms 115 9.0%
Median 4.5 (X)
     
TENURE BY BEDROOMS    
Owner-occupied housing units 5,259 100.0%
No bedroom 11 0.2%
1 bedroom 190 3.6%
2 bedrooms 1,485 28.2%
3 bedrooms 2,684 51.0%
4 bedrooms 713 13.6%
5 or more bedrooms 176 3.3%
     
 Renter-occupied housing units 1,273 100.0%
No bedroom 5 0.4%
1 bedroom 301 23.6%
2 bedrooms 508 39.9%
3 bedrooms 353 27.7%
4 bedrooms 84 6.6%
5 or more bedrooms 22 1.7%
     
HOUSING HEATING FUEL    
Occupied housing units 6,532 100.0%
Utility gas 16 0.2%
Bottled, tank, or LP gas 964 14.8%
Electricity 1,233 18.9%
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 3,774 57.8%
Coal or coke 14 0.2%
Wood 509 7.8%
Solar energy 0 0.0%
Other fuel 22 0.3%
No fuel used 0 0.0%

 

Date: October 2, 2002

[Data based on a sample]
(X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices H26, H27, H40, and H42.
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