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Ashe County:Helton Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

360

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

0

1985 to 1988

28

1980 to 1984

67

1970 to 1979

34

1960 to 1969

106

1950 to 1959

15

1940 to 1949

17

1939 or earlier

93
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

15

2 bedrooms

106

3 bedrooms

177

4 bedrooms

52

5 or more bedrooms

10
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

15

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

9

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

0

Individual drilled well

140

Individual dug well

24

Some other source

196
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

0

Septic tank or cesspool

340

Other means

20
   

Occupied housing units

283

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

0

Electricity

33

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

129

Coal or coke

6

Wood

115

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

34

1985 to 1988

45

1980 to 1984

40

1970 to 1979

65

1960 to 1969

70

1959 or earlier

29
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

26
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

28

1

56

2

131

3 or more

68
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

54

With a mortgage

22

Less than $300

0

$300 to $499

13

$500 to $699

9

$700 to $999

0

$1,000 to $1,499

0

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

460
   

Not mortgaged

32

Less than $100

5

$100 to $199

23

$200 to $299

4

$300 to $399

0

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

131
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

54

Less than 20 percent

30

20 to 24 percent

14

25 to 29 percent

5

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

0

Not computed

5
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

37

Less than $200

3

$200 to $299

19

$300 to $499

0

$500 to $749

0

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

15
   

Median (dollars)

250
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

37

Less than 20 percent

3

20 to 24 percent

0

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

19

Not computed

15
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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