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DP5:Housing Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

Total housing units

5,344

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

218

1985 to 1988

380

1980 to 1984

567

1970 to 1979

1,446

1960 to 1969

981

1950 to 1959

745

1940 to 1949

403

1939 or earlier

604
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

41

1 bedroom

225

2 bedrooms

1,620

3 bedrooms

2,445

4 bedrooms

779

5 or more bedrooms

234
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

153

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

80

Condominium housing units

4
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

1,485

Individual drilled well

2,288

Individual dug well

358

Some other source

1,213
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

999

Septic tank or cesspool

4,134

Other means

211
   

Occupied housing units

3,894

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

4

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

117

Electricity

790

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

1,818

Coal or coke

0

Wood

1,161

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

1

No fuel used

3
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

535

1985 to 1988

753

1980 to 1984

642

1970 to 1979

878

1960 to 1969

442

1959 or earlier

644
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

227
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

406

1

1,104

2

1,397

3 or more

987
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

1,791

With a mortgage

813

Less than $300

151

$300 to $499

356

$500 to $699

182

$700 to $999

84

$1,000 to $1,499

39

$1,500 to $1,999

1

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

441
   

Not mortgaged

978

Less than $100

184

$100 to $199

670

$200 to $299

97

$300 to $399

23

$400 or more

4
   

Median (dollars)

137
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

1,791

Less than 20 percent

1,144

20 to 24 percent

135

25 to 29 percent

167

30 to 34 percent

61

35 percent or more

255

Not computed

29
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

680

Less than $200

143

$200 to $299

190

$300 to $499

195

$500 to $749

25

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

6

No cash rent

121
   

Median (dollars)

275
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

680

Less than 20 percent

217

20 to 24 percent

52

25 to 29 percent

52

30 to 34 percent

28

35 percent or more

199

Not computed

132

 

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