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DP5:Housing Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

Total housing units

199

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

0

1985 to 1988

8

1980 to 1984

23

1970 to 1979

40

1960 to 1969

29

1950 to 1959

31

1940 to 1949

33

1939 or earlier

35
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

3

1 bedroom

10

2 bedrooms

64

3 bedrooms

113

4 bedrooms

7

5 or more bedrooms

2
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

2

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

0

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

184

Individual drilled well

5

Individual dug well

0

Some other source

10
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

4

Septic tank or cesspool

187

Other means

8
   

Occupied housing units

177

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

4

Electricity

40

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

106

Coal or coke

5

Wood

22

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

23

1985 to 1988

48

1980 to 1984

22

1970 to 1979

34

1960 to 1969

33

1959 or earlier

17
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

24
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

35

1

42

2

70

3 or more

30
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

117

With a mortgage

24

Less than $300

3

$300 to $499

6

$500 to $699

10

$700 to $999

1

$1,000 to $1,499

4

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

530
   

Not mortgaged

93

Less than $100

15

$100 to $199

74

$200 to $299

2

$300 to $399

2

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

133
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

117

Less than 20 percent

74

20 to 24 percent

17

25 to 29 percent

6

30 to 34 percent

3

35 percent or more

12

Not computed

5
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

34

Less than $200

0

$200 to $299

8

$300 to $499

12

$500 to $749

0

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

14
   

Median (dollars)

310
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

34

Less than 20 percent

2

20 to 24 percent

4

25 to 29 percent

1

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

13

Not computed

14

 

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