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Avery County:Roaring Creek Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

373

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

24

1985 to 1988

48

1980 to 1984

21

1970 to 1979

100

1960 to 1969

50

1950 to 1959

42

1940 to 1949

35

1939 or earlier

53
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

9

2 bedrooms

92

3 bedrooms

163

4 bedrooms

77

5 or more bedrooms

32
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

7

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

0

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

0

Individual drilled well

94

Individual dug well

14

Some other source

265
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

0

Septic tank or cesspool

358

Other means

15
   

Occupied housing units

361

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

0

Electricity

49

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

234

Coal or coke

0

Wood

78

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

51

1985 to 1988

99

1980 to 1984

47

1970 to 1979

27

1960 to 1969

54

1959 or earlier

83
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

24
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

42

1

97

2

131

3 or more

91
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

146

With a mortgage

34

Less than $300

0

$300 to $499

24

$500 to $699

10

$700 to $999

0

$1,000 to $1,499

0

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

471
   

Not mortgaged

112

Less than $100

13

$100 to $199

79

$200 to $299

20

$300 to $399

0

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

155
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

146

Less than 20 percent

103

20 to 24 percent

0

25 to 29 percent

7

30 to 34 percent

28

35 percent or more

8

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

44

Less than $200

16

$200 to $299

22

$300 to $499

0

$500 to $749

0

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

6
   

Median (dollars)

257
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

44

Less than 20 percent

0

20 to 24 percent

38

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

0

Not computed

6
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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