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Ashe County:Creston Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

332

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

5

1985 to 1988

27

1980 to 1984

45

1970 to 1979

83

1960 to 1969

47

1950 to 1959

64

1940 to 1949

38

1939 or earlier

23
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

6

1 bedroom

6

2 bedrooms

95

3 bedrooms

188

4 bedrooms

31

5 or more bedrooms

6
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

17

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

0

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

13

Individual drilled well

121

Individual dug well

13

Some other source

185
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

7

Septic tank or cesspool

298

Other means

27
   

Occupied housing units

258

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

0

Electricity

34

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

116

Coal or coke

0

Wood

108

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

42

1985 to 1988

51

1980 to 1984

26

1970 to 1979

46

1960 to 1969

31

1959 or earlier

62
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

43
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

6

1

78

2

97

3 or more

77
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

84

With a mortgage

25

Less than $300

0

$300 to $499

15

$500 to $699

10

$700 to $999

0

$1,000 to $1,499

0

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

383
   

Not mortgaged

59

Less than $100

11

$100 to $199

48

$200 to $299

0

$300 to $399

0

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

128
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

84

Less than 20 percent

54

20 to 24 percent

9

25 to 29 percent

21

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

0

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

18

Less than $200

5

$200 to $299

13

$300 to $499

0

$500 to $749

0

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

0
   

Median (dollars)

229
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

18

Less than 20 percent

13

20 to 24 percent

5

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

0

Not computed

0
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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