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DP5:Housing Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

Total housing units

11,119

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

226

1985 to 1988

1,058

1980 to 1984

1,142

1970 to 1979

3,001

1960 to 1969

1,989

1950 to 1959

1,346

1940 to 1949

949

1939 or earlier

1,408
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

44

1 bedroom

371

2 bedrooms

3,472

3 bedrooms

5,167

4 bedrooms

1,624

5 or more bedrooms

441
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

417

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

179

Condominium housing units

12
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

1,400

Individual drilled well

4,776

Individual dug well

488

Some other source

4,455
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

1,152

Septic tank or cesspool

9,354

Other means

613
   

Occupied housing units

8,848

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

4

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

141

Electricity

1,344

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

4,437

Coal or coke

57

Wood

2,839

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

26

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

1,147

1985 to 1988

1,926

1980 to 1984

1,115

1970 to 1979

2,005

1960 to 1969

1,165

1959 or earlier

1,490
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

607
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

925

1

2,380

2

3,277

3 or more

2,266
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

3,889

With a mortgage

1,555

Less than $300

231

$300 to $499

537

$500 to $699

460

$700 to $999

290

$1,000 to $1,499

32

$1,500 to $1,999

5

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

503
   

Not mortgaged

2,334

Less than $100

454

$100 to $199

1,449

$200 to $299

358

$300 to $399

50

$400 or more

23
   

Median (dollars)

142
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

3,889

Less than 20 percent

2,529

20 to 24 percent

354

25 to 29 percent

286

30 to 34 percent

165

35 percent or more

509

Not computed

46
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

1,258

Less than $200

219

$200 to $299

443

$300 to $499

322

$500 to $749

16

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

2

No cash rent

256
   

Median (dollars)

265
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

1,258

Less than 20 percent

388

20 to 24 percent

125

25 to 29 percent

71

30 to 34 percent

77

35 percent or more

323

Not computed

274

 

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