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Alleghany County:Piney Creek Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

370

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

14

1985 to 1988

45

1980 to 1984

50

1970 to 1979

105

1960 to 1969

33

1950 to 1959

39

1940 to 1949

13

1939 or earlier

71
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

5

1 bedroom

7

2 bedrooms

83

3 bedrooms

232

4 bedrooms

38

5 or more bedrooms

5
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

22

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

10

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

0

Individual drilled well

283

Individual dug well

39

Some other source

48
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

4

Septic tank or cesspool

353

Other means

13
   

Occupied housing units

298

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

6

Electricity

25

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

174

Coal or coke

0

Wood

93

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

34

1985 to 1988

58

1980 to 1984

63

1970 to 1979

79

1960 to 1969

21

1959 or earlier

43
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

23
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

38

1

61

2

115

3 or more

84
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

89

With a mortgage

10

Less than $300

6

$300 to $499

4

$500 to $699

0

$700 to $999

0

$1,000 to $1,499

0

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

199
   

Not mortgaged

79

Less than $100

0

$100 to $199

79

$200 to $299

0

$300 to $399

0

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

163
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

89

Less than 20 percent

77

20 to 24 percent

0

25 to 29 percent

6

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

6

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

21

Less than $200

7

$200 to $299

7

$300 to $499

0

$500 to $749

7

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

0
   

Median (dollars)

225
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

21

Less than 20 percent

0

20 to 24 percent

0

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

14

Not computed

7
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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