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General Housing Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

OCCUPANCY STATUS

   

Total housing units

601

100.0

Occupied housing units 527 87.7
Vacant housing units 74 12.3
     

TENURE

   

Occupied housing units

527

100.0

Owner-occupied housing units 261 49.5
Renter-occupied housing units 266 50.5
     

VACANCY STATUS

   

Vacant housing units

74

100.0

For rent 29 39.2
For sale only 12 16.2
Rented or sold, not occupied 2 2.7
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 14 18.9
For migratory workers 0 0.0
Other vacant 17 23.0
     

RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

527

100.0

One race 524 99.4

White

511 97.0

Black or African American

1 0.2

American Indian and Alaska Native

4 0.8

Asian

2 0.4

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

0 0.0

Some other race

6 1.1
Two or more races 3 0.6
     

HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

527

100.0

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 14 2.7
Not Hispanic or Latino 513 97.3

White alone

507 96.2
     

AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

527

100.0

15 to 24 years 31 5.9
25 to 34 years 73 13.9
35 to 44 years 83 15.7
45 to 54 years 85 16.1
55 to 64 years 69 13.1
65 years and over 186 35.3

65 to 74 years

96 18.2

75 to 84 years

72 13.7

85 years and over

18 3.4
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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