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DP5:Housing Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

Total housing units

915

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

26

1985 to 1988

46

1980 to 1984

64

1970 to 1979

261

1960 to 1969

246

1950 to 1959

129

1940 to 1949

58

1939 or earlier

85
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

3

1 bedroom

138

2 bedrooms

230

3 bedrooms

415

4 bedrooms

96

5 or more bedrooms

33
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

0

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

0

Condominium housing units

4
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

899

Individual drilled well

8

Individual dug well

0

Some other source

8
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

858

Septic tank or cesspool

55

Other means

2
   

Occupied housing units

809

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

8

Electricity

330

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

361

Coal or coke

0

Wood

107

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

3
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

181

1985 to 1988

144

1980 to 1984

108

1970 to 1979

199

1960 to 1969

87

1959 or earlier

90
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

64
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

154

1

314

2

210

3 or more

131
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

437

With a mortgage

195

Less than $300

40

$300 to $499

82

$500 to $699

45

$700 to $999

20

$1,000 to $1,499

8

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

440
   

Not mortgaged

242

Less than $100

23

$100 to $199

158

$200 to $299

45

$300 to $399

12

$400 or more

4
   

Median (dollars)

158
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

437

Less than 20 percent

268

20 to 24 percent

27

25 to 29 percent

46

30 to 34 percent

22

35 percent or more

70

Not computed

4
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

308

Less than $200

91

$200 to $299

89

$300 to $499

95

$500 to $749

8

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

25
   

Median (dollars)

267
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

308

Less than 20 percent

83

20 to 24 percent

45

25 to 29 percent

41

30 to 34 percent

18

35 percent or more

92

Not computed

29

 

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