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DP5:Housing Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

Total housing units

521

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

6

1985 to 1988

50

1980 to 1984

37

1970 to 1979

134

1960 to 1969

112

1950 to 1959

120

1940 to 1949

37

1939 or earlier

25
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

2

1 bedroom

31

2 bedrooms

132

3 bedrooms

237

4 bedrooms

85

5 or more bedrooms

34
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

5

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

5

Condominium housing units

4
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

461

Individual drilled well

35

Individual dug well

0

Some other source

25
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

404

Septic tank or cesspool

114

Other means

3
   

Occupied housing units

474

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

2

Electricity

138

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

294

Coal or coke

0

Wood

40

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

79

1985 to 1988

113

1980 to 1984

52

1970 to 1979

94

1960 to 1969

70

1959 or earlier

66
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

22
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

38

1

174

2

164

3 or more

98
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

300

With a mortgage

127

Less than $300

20

$300 to $499

49

$500 to $699

23

$700 to $999

27

$1,000 to $1,499

6

$1,500 to $1,999

2

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

476
   

Not mortgaged

173

Less than $100

11

$100 to $199

75

$200 to $299

75

$300 to $399

10

$400 or more

2
   

Median (dollars)

200
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

300

Less than 20 percent

182

20 to 24 percent

33

25 to 29 percent

22

30 to 34 percent

23

35 percent or more

33

Not computed

7
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

130

Less than $200

35

$200 to $299

53

$300 to $499

31

$500 to $749

2

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

9
   

Median (dollars)

256
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

130

Less than 20 percent

43

20 to 24 percent

25

25 to 29 percent

9

30 to 34 percent

16

35 percent or more

28

Not computed

9

 

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