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General Housing Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

OCCUPANCY STATUS

   

Total housing units

968

100.0

Occupied housing units 888 91.7
Vacant housing units 80 8.3
     

TENURE

   

Occupied housing units

888

100.0

Owner-occupied housing units 540 60.8
Renter-occupied housing units 348 39.2
     

VACANCY STATUS

   

Vacant housing units

80

100.0

For rent 19 23.8
For sale only 12 15.0
Rented or sold, not occupied 5 6.3
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 12 15.0
For migratory workers 0 0.0
Other vacant 32 40.0
     

RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

888

100.0

One race 882 99.3

White

863 97.2

Black or African American

3 0.3

American Indian and Alaska Native

4 0.5

Asian

1 0.1

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

0 0.0

Some other race

11 1.2
Two or more races 6 0.7
     

HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

888

100.0

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 19 2.1
Not Hispanic or Latino 869 97.9

White alone

859 96.7
     

AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

888

100.0

15 to 24 years 48 5.4
25 to 34 years 119 13.4
35 to 44 years 171 19.3
45 to 54 years 134 15.1
55 to 64 years 129 14.5
65 years and over 287 32.3

65 to 74 years

140 15.8

75 to 84 years

111 12.5

85 years and over

36 4.1
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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