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DP5:Housing Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

Total housing units

339

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

6

1985 to 1988

38

1980 to 1984

56

1970 to 1979

63

1960 to 1969

45

1950 to 1959

48

1940 to 1949

30

1939 or earlier

53
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

26

2 bedrooms

156

3 bedrooms

129

4 bedrooms

18

5 or more bedrooms

10
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

2

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

2

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

323

Individual drilled well

8

Individual dug well

0

Some other source

8
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

301

Septic tank or cesspool

35

Other means

3
   

Occupied housing units

287

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

18

Electricity

127

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

112

Coal or coke

2

Wood

22

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

6

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

51

1985 to 1988

79

1980 to 1984

45

1970 to 1979

34

1960 to 1969

31

1959 or earlier

47
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

28
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

53

1

108

2

69

3 or more

57
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

116

With a mortgage

33

Less than $300

11

$300 to $499

13

$500 to $699

3

$700 to $999

4

$1,000 to $1,499

2

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

392
   

Not mortgaged

83

Less than $100

6

$100 to $199

42

$200 to $299

33

$300 to $399

2

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

185
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

116

Less than 20 percent

84

20 to 24 percent

10

25 to 29 percent

5

30 to 34 percent

2

35 percent or more

13

Not computed

2
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

98

Less than $200

26

$200 to $299

17

$300 to $499

27

$500 to $749

15

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

13
   

Median (dollars)

299
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

98

Less than 20 percent

17

20 to 24 percent

11

25 to 29 percent

14

30 to 34 percent

3

35 percent or more

38

Not computed

15

 

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