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DP5:Housing Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

Total housing units

1,436

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

14

1985 to 1988

249

1980 to 1984

393

1970 to 1979

504

1960 to 1969

153

1950 to 1959

32

1940 to 1949

18

1939 or earlier

73
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

14

1 bedroom

111

2 bedrooms

427

3 bedrooms

604

4 bedrooms

186

5 or more bedrooms

94
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

0

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

0

Condominium housing units

20
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

1,306

Individual drilled well

61

Individual dug well

12

Some other source

57
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

1,184

Septic tank or cesspool

238

Other means

14
   

Occupied housing units

101

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

5

Electricity

75

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

0

Coal or coke

0

Wood

21

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

36

1985 to 1988

25

1980 to 1984

21

1970 to 1979

17

1960 to 1969

2

1959 or earlier

0
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

0
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

6

1

37

2

44

3 or more

14
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

65

With a mortgage

42

Less than $300

2

$300 to $499

0

$500 to $699

8

$700 to $999

23

$1,000 to $1,499

9

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

800
   

Not mortgaged

23

Less than $100

4

$100 to $199

9

$200 to $299

8

$300 to $399

2

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

189
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

65

Less than 20 percent

45

20 to 24 percent

6

25 to 29 percent

7

30 to 34 percent

3

35 percent or more

4

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

24

Less than $200

0

$200 to $299

0

$300 to $499

12

$500 to $749

5

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

7
   

Median (dollars)

471
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

24

Less than 20 percent

0

20 to 24 percent

2

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

4

35 percent or more

8

Not computed

10

 

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