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General Housing Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

OCCUPANCY STATUS

   

Total housing units

1,524

100.0

Occupied housing units 663 43.5
Vacant housing units 861 56.5
     

TENURE

   

Occupied housing units

663

100.0

Owner-occupied housing units 481 72.5
Renter-occupied housing units 182 27.5
     

VACANCY STATUS

   

Vacant housing units

861

100.0

For rent 36 4.2
For sale only 35 4.1
Rented or sold, not occupied 27 3.1
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 712 82.7
For migratory workers 0 0.0
Other vacant 51 5.9
     

RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

663

100.0

One race 658 99.2

White

650 98.0

Black or African American

3 0.5

American Indian and Alaska Native

2 0.3

Asian

2 0.3

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

0 0.0

Some other race

1 0.2
Two or more races 5 0.8
     

HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

663

100.0

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 6 0.9
Not Hispanic or Latino 657 99.1

White alone

646 97.4
     

AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

663

100.0

15 to 24 years 17 2.6
25 to 34 years 64 9.7
35 to 44 years 78 11.8
45 to 54 years 164 24.7
55 to 64 years 124 18.7
65 years and over 216 32.6

65 to 74 years

111 16.7

75 to 84 years

82 12.4

85 years and over

23 3.5
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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