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DP5:Housing Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

Total housing units

1,595

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

14

1985 to 1988

58

1980 to 1984

188

1970 to 1979

302

1960 to 1969

236

1950 to 1959

285

1940 to 1949

151

1939 or earlier

361
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

48

1 bedroom

260

2 bedrooms

522

3 bedrooms

501

4 bedrooms

164

5 or more bedrooms

100
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

7

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

3

Condominium housing units

21
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

1,587

Individual drilled well

4

Individual dug well

0

Some other source

4
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

1,417

Septic tank or cesspool

178

Other means

0
   

Occupied housing units

1,453

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

85

Electricity

677

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

651

Coal or coke

0

Wood

34

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

6
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

319

1985 to 1988

373

1980 to 1984

225

1970 to 1979

197

1960 to 1969

139

1959 or earlier

200
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

205
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

379

1

493

2

346

3 or more

235
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

625

With a mortgage

318

Less than $300

25

$300 to $499

114

$500 to $699

92

$700 to $999

46

$1,000 to $1,499

23

$1,500 to $1,999

9

$2,000 or more

9
   

Median (dollars)

536
   

Not mortgaged

307

Less than $100

14

$100 to $199

160

$200 to $299

104

$300 to $399

22

$400 or more

7
   

Median (dollars)

188
   

SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

625

Less than 20 percent

400

20 to 24 percent

57

25 to 29 percent

33

30 to 34 percent

25

35 percent or more

103

Not computed

7
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

711

Less than $200

213

$200 to $299

157

$300 to $499

253

$500 to $749

56

$750 to $999

5

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

27
   

Median (dollars)

279
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

711

Less than 20 percent

223

20 to 24 percent

84

25 to 29 percent

64

30 to 34 percent

41

35 percent or more

263

Not computed

36

 

 
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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