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Alleghany County:Prathers Creek Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

414

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

19

1985 to 1988

37

1980 to 1984

60

1970 to 1979

92

1960 to 1969

68

1950 to 1959

39

1940 to 1949

21

1939 or earlier

78
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

6

2 bedrooms

141

3 bedrooms

203

4 bedrooms

52

5 or more bedrooms

12
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

41

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

20

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

13

Individual drilled well

192

Individual dug well

6

Some other source

203
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

13

Septic tank or cesspool

360

Other means

41
   

Occupied housing units

289

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

10

Electricity

31

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

100

Coal or coke

0

Wood

148

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

28

1985 to 1988

51

1980 to 1984

44

1970 to 1979

87

1960 to 1969

24

1959 or earlier

55
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

12
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

7

1

89

2

101

3 or more

92
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

74

With a mortgage

47

Less than $300

19

$300 to $499

5

$500 to $699

16

$700 to $999

7

$1,000 to $1,499

0

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

390
   

Not mortgaged

27

Less than $100

11

$100 to $199

16

$200 to $299

0

$300 to $399

0

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

111
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

74

Less than 20 percent

44

20 to 24 percent

13

25 to 29 percent

10

30 to 34 percent

7

35 percent or more

0

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

33

Less than $200

7

$200 to $299

0

$300 to $499

0

$500 to $749

4

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

6

No cash rent

16
   

Median (dollars)

569
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

33

Less than 20 percent

7

20 to 24 percent

0

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

10

Not computed

16
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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