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Ashe County:West Jefferson Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

1,944

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

34

1985 to 1988

196

1980 to 1984

244

1970 to 1979

540

1960 to 1969

360

1950 to 1959

247

1940 to 1949

154

1939 or earlier

169
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

7

1 bedroom

114

2 bedrooms

592

3 bedrooms

904

4 bedrooms

267

5 or more bedrooms

60
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

23

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

8

Condominium housing units

8
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

623

Individual drilled well

885

Individual dug well

86

Some other source

350
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

587

Septic tank or cesspool

1,289

Other means

68
   

Occupied housing units

1,659

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

4

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

26

Electricity

350

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

937

Coal or coke

5

Wood

323

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

14

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

250

1985 to 1988

369

1980 to 1984

240

1970 to 1979

368

1960 to 1969

211

1959 or earlier

221
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

119
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

170

1

543

2

558

3 or more

388
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

964

With a mortgage

433

Less than $300

66

$300 to $499

142

$500 to $699

119

$700 to $999

92

$1,000 to $1,499

14

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

512
   

Not mortgaged

531

Less than $100

92

$100 to $199

329

$200 to $299

95

$300 to $399

9

$400 or more

6
   

Median (dollars)

144
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

964

Less than 20 percent

620

20 to 24 percent

92

25 to 29 percent

76

30 to 34 percent

47

35 percent or more

129

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

362

Less than $200

62

$200 to $299

124

$300 to $499

132

$500 to $749

14

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

30
   

Median (dollars)

281
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

362

Less than 20 percent

125

20 to 24 percent

30

25 to 29 percent

31

30 to 34 percent

22

35 percent or more

116

Not computed

38
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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