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DP5:Housing Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

Total housing units

6,983

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

110

1985 to 1988

610

1980 to 1984

821

1970 to 1979

1,659

1960 to 1969

1,063

1950 to 1959

1,046

1940 to 1949

776

1939 or earlier

898
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

28

1 bedroom

363

2 bedrooms

2,596

3 bedrooms

3,173

4 bedrooms

696

5 or more bedrooms

127
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

232

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

95

Condominium housing units

102
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

2,011

Individual drilled well

2,019

Individual dug well

209

Some other source

2,744
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

1,349

Septic tank or cesspool

5,276

Other means

358
   

Occupied housing units

5,779

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

7

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

110

Electricity

753

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

3,590

Coal or coke

43

Wood

1,268

Solar energy

4

Other fuel

4

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

671

1985 to 1988

1,201

1980 to 1984

755

1970 to 1979

1,328

1960 to 1969

668

1959 or earlier

1,156
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

591
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

670

1

1,593

2

2,248

3 or more

1,268
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

2,893

With a mortgage

1,175

Less than $300

125

$300 to $499

464

$500 to $699

330

$700 to $999

192

$1,000 to $1,499

53

$1,500 to $1,999

1

$2,000 or more

10
   

Median (dollars)

499
   

Not mortgaged

1,718

Less than $100

225

$100 to $199

1,089

$200 to $299

362

$300 to $399

28

$400 or more

14
   

Median (dollars)

156
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

2,893

Less than 20 percent

1,865

20 to 24 percent

291

25 to 29 percent

215

30 to 34 percent

124

35 percent or more

378

Not computed

20
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

887

Less than $200

173

$200 to $299

211

$300 to $499

253

$500 to $749

45

$750 to $999

2

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

203
   

Median (dollars)

282
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

887

Less than 20 percent

305

20 to 24 percent

84

25 to 29 percent

28

30 to 34 percent

48

35 percent or more

200

Not computed

222

 

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