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Ashe County:Piney Creek Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

440

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

19

1985 to 1988

41

1980 to 1984

26

1970 to 1979

52

1960 to 1969

96

1950 to 1959

58

1940 to 1949

29

1939 or earlier

119
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

12

2 bedrooms

134

3 bedrooms

202

4 bedrooms

72

5 or more bedrooms

20
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

27

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

15

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

59

Individual drilled well

133

Individual dug well

26

Some other source

222
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

28

Septic tank or cesspool

379

Other means

33
   

Occupied housing units

372

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

4

Electricity

31

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

204

Coal or coke

2

Wood

128

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

3

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

52

1985 to 1988

59

1980 to 1984

40

1970 to 1979

67

1960 to 1969

62

1959 or earlier

92
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

39
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

62

1

93

2

148

3 or more

69
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

135

With a mortgage

60

Less than $300

13

$300 to $499

21

$500 to $699

20

$700 to $999

6

$1,000 to $1,499

0

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

450
   

Not mortgaged

75

Less than $100

17

$100 to $199

47

$200 to $299

9

$300 to $399

2

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

135
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

135

Less than 20 percent

97

20 to 24 percent

11

25 to 29 percent

13

30 to 34 percent

2

35 percent or more

12

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

72

Less than $200

17

$200 to $299

26

$300 to $499

13

$500 to $749

0

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

16
   

Median (dollars)

269
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

72

Less than 20 percent

37

20 to 24 percent

2

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

17

Not computed

16
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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