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Ashe County:Hurricane Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

269

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

0

1985 to 1988

20

1980 to 1984

14

1970 to 1979

77

1960 to 1969

23

1950 to 1959

10

1940 to 1949

42

1939 or earlier

83
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

16

2 bedrooms

90

3 bedrooms

114

4 bedrooms

32

5 or more bedrooms

17
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

18

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

0

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

0

Individual drilled well

66

Individual dug well

16

Some other source

187
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

0

Septic tank or cesspool

237

Other means

32
   

Occupied housing units

223

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

6

Electricity

19

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

82

Coal or coke

5

Wood

111

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

0

1985 to 1988

72

1980 to 1984

16

1970 to 1979

60

1960 to 1969

31

1959 or earlier

44
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

45
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

7

1

68

2

61

3 or more

87
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

55

With a mortgage

10

Less than $300

4

$300 to $499

6

$500 to $699

0

$700 to $999

0

$1,000 to $1,499

0

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

317
   

Not mortgaged

45

Less than $100

10

$100 to $199

25

$200 to $299

10

$300 to $399

0

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

130
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

55

Less than 20 percent

44

20 to 24 percent

6

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

5

35 percent or more

0

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

15

Less than $200

7

$200 to $299

0

$300 to $499

0

$500 to $749

0

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

8
   

Median (dollars)

125
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

15

Less than 20 percent

7

20 to 24 percent

0

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

0

Not computed

8
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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