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General Housing Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

OCCUPANCY STATUS

   

Total housing units

617

100.0

Occupied housing units 582 94.3
Vacant housing units 35 5.7
     

TENURE

   

Occupied housing units

582

100.0

Owner-occupied housing units 354 60.8
Renter-occupied housing units 228 39.2
     

VACANCY STATUS

   

Vacant housing units

35

100.0

For rent 11 31.4
For sale only 9 25.7
Rented or sold, not occupied 0 0.0
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 12 34.3
For migratory workers 0 0.0
Other vacant 3 8.6
     

RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

582

100.0

One race 581 99.8

White

564 96.9

Black or African American

3 0.5

American Indian and Alaska Native

0 0.0

Asian

1 0.2

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

0 0.0

Some other race

13 2.2
Two or more races 1 0.2
     

HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

582

100.0

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 16 2.7
Not Hispanic or Latino 566 97.3

White alone

561 96.4
     

AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

582

100.0

15 to 24 years 31 5.3
25 to 34 years 65 11.2
35 to 44 years 91 15.6
45 to 54 years 98 16.8
55 to 64 years 82 14.1
65 years and over 215 36.9

65 to 74 years

102 17.5

75 to 84 years

82 14.1

85 years and over

31 5.3
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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