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DP5:Housing Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

Total housing units

548

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

3

1985 to 1988

51

1980 to 1984

101

1970 to 1979

107

1960 to 1969

89

1950 to 1959

89

1940 to 1949

54

1939 or earlier

54
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

3

1 bedroom

74

2 bedrooms

202

3 bedrooms

166

4 bedrooms

82

5 or more bedrooms

21
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

11

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

3

Condominium housing units

5
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

494

Individual drilled well

45

Individual dug well

5

Some other source

4
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

473

Septic tank or cesspool

75

Other means

0
   

Occupied housing units

476

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

2

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

3

Electricity

172

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

242

Coal or coke

3

Wood

54

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

128

1985 to 1988

101

1980 to 1984

71

1970 to 1979

59

1960 to 1969

62

1959 or earlier

55
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

49
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

76

1

180

2

169

3 or more

51
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

233

With a mortgage

100

Less than $300

20

$300 to $499

27

$500 to $699

26

$700 to $999

22

$1,000 to $1,499

5

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

533
   

Not mortgaged

133

Less than $100

7

$100 to $199

94

$200 to $299

26

$300 to $399

4

$400 or more

2
   

Median (dollars)

152
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

233

Less than 20 percent

135

20 to 24 percent

24

25 to 29 percent

20

30 to 34 percent

19

35 percent or more

35

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

209

Less than $200

52

$200 to $299

53

$300 to $499

78

$500 to $749

10

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

16
   

Median (dollars)

273
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

209

Less than 20 percent

47

20 to 24 percent

26

25 to 29 percent

26

30 to 34 percent

18

35 percent or more

68

Not computed

24

 

 
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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