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DP5:Housing Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

Total housing units

1,472

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

33

1985 to 1988

194

1980 to 1984

169

1970 to 1979

257

1960 to 1969

259

1950 to 1959

160

1940 to 1949

146

1939 or earlier

254
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

5

1 bedroom

77

2 bedrooms

425

3 bedrooms

560

4 bedrooms

295

5 or more bedrooms

110
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

6

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

8

Condominium housing units

179
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

1,417

Individual drilled well

47

Individual dug well

2

Some other source

6
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

990

Septic tank or cesspool

474

Other means

8
   

Occupied housing units

576

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

70

Electricity

191

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

275

Coal or coke

0

Wood

40

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

124

1985 to 1988

176

1980 to 1984

93

1970 to 1979

99

1960 to 1969

19

1959 or earlier

65
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

4
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

21

1

225

2

219

3 or more

111
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

326

With a mortgage

150

Less than $300

0

$300 to $499

29

$500 to $699

28

$700 to $999

44

$1,000 to $1,499

35

$1,500 to $1,999

8

$2,000 or more

6
   

Median (dollars)

805
   

Not mortgaged

176

Less than $100

6

$100 to $199

56

$200 to $299

64

$300 to $399

34

$400 or more

16
   

Median (dollars)

226
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

326

Less than 20 percent

184

20 to 24 percent

30

25 to 29 percent

25

30 to 34 percent

22

35 percent or more

64

Not computed

1
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

168

Less than $200

0

$200 to $299

34

$300 to $499

59

$500 to $749

39

$750 to $999

9

$1,000 or more

4

No cash rent

23
   

Median (dollars)

408
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

168

Less than 20 percent

46

20 to 24 percent

5

25 to 29 percent

16

30 to 34 percent

19

35 percent or more

55

Not computed

27

 

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