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DP5:Housing Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

Total housing units

1,010

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

13

1985 to 1988

82

1980 to 1984

112

1970 to 1979

157

1960 to 1969

124

1950 to 1959

207

1940 to 1949

146

1939 or earlier

169
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

77

2 bedrooms

367

3 bedrooms

466

4 bedrooms

91

5 or more bedrooms

9
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

6

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

3

Condominium housing units

14
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

937

Individual drilled well

17

Individual dug well

15

Some other source

41
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

821

Septic tank or cesspool

175

Other means

14
   

Occupied housing units

858

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

4

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

11

Electricity

163

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

596

Coal or coke

5

Wood

75

Solar energy

2

Other fuel

2

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

144

1985 to 1988

168

1980 to 1984

102

1970 to 1979

168

1960 to 1969

103

1959 or earlier

173
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

69
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

154

1

285

2

277

3 or more

142
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

477

With a mortgage

201

Less than $300

14

$300 to $499

68

$500 to $699

68

$700 to $999

40

$1,000 to $1,499

11

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

542
   

Not mortgaged

276

Less than $100

23

$100 to $199

173

$200 to $299

64

$300 to $399

11

$400 or more

5
   

Median (dollars)

169
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

477

Less than 20 percent

296

20 to 24 percent

72

25 to 29 percent

37

30 to 34 percent

22

35 percent or more

46

Not computed

4
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

270

Less than $200

83

$200 to $299

81

$300 to $499

51

$500 to $749

12

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

43
   

Median (dollars)

232
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

270

Less than 20 percent

68

20 to 24 percent

33

25 to 29 percent

20

30 to 34 percent

20

35 percent or more

81

Not computed

48

 

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