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Ashe County:Obids Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

726

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

4

1985 to 1988

96

1980 to 1984

84

1970 to 1979

210

1960 to 1969

150

1950 to 1959

62

1940 to 1949

60

1939 or earlier

60
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

9

1 bedroom

20

2 bedrooms

218

3 bedrooms

364

4 bedrooms

65

5 or more bedrooms

50
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

4

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

10

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

119

Individual drilled well

379

Individual dug well

65

Some other source

163
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

36

Septic tank or cesspool

663

Other means

27
   

Occupied housing units

450

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

5

Electricity

78

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

206

Coal or coke

0

Wood

161

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

79

1985 to 1988

87

1980 to 1984

79

1970 to 1979

106

1960 to 1969

37

1959 or earlier

62
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

15
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

13

1

133

2

164

3 or more

140
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

195

With a mortgage

98

Less than $300

7

$300 to $499

24

$500 to $699

43

$700 to $999

24

$1,000 to $1,499

0

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

562
   

Not mortgaged

97

Less than $100

12

$100 to $199

65

$200 to $299

20

$300 to $399

0

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

147
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

195

Less than 20 percent

106

20 to 24 percent

34

25 to 29 percent

22

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

29

Not computed

4
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

37

Less than $200

0

$200 to $299

37

$300 to $499

0

$500 to $749

0

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

0
   

Median (dollars)

240
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

37

Less than 20 percent

11

20 to 24 percent

9

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

6

35 percent or more

11

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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