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DP5:Housing Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

Total housing units

4,534

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

162

1985 to 1988

706

1980 to 1984

752

1970 to 1979

1,334

1960 to 1969

652

1950 to 1959

431

1940 to 1949

262

1939 or earlier

235
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

126

1 bedroom

952

2 bedrooms

2,022

3 bedrooms

1,002

4 bedrooms

263

5 or more bedrooms

169
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

6

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

52

Condominium housing units

502
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

4,197

Individual drilled well

254

Individual dug well

41

Some other source

42
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

4,169

Septic tank or cesspool

351

Other means

14
   

Occupied housing units

4,053

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

7

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

110

Electricity

2,389

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

1,332

Coal or coke

13

Wood

158

Solar energy

16

Other fuel

28

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

1,943

1985 to 1988

982

1980 to 1984

257

1970 to 1979

280

1960 to 1969

304

1959 or earlier

287
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

71
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

324

1

1,487

2

1,397

3 or more

845
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

1,127

With a mortgage

608

Less than $300

13

$300 to $499

97

$500 to $699

196

$700 to $999

138

$1,000 to $1,499

120

$1,500 to $1,999

17

$2,000 or more

27
   

Median (dollars)

698
   

Not mortgaged

519

Less than $100

6

$100 to $199

261

$200 to $299

205

$300 to $399

37

$400 or more

10
   

Median (dollars)

198
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

1,127

Less than 20 percent

701

20 to 24 percent

165

25 to 29 percent

73

30 to 34 percent

15

35 percent or more

166

Not computed

7
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

2,666

Less than $200

76

$200 to $299

552

$300 to $499

1,263

$500 to $749

625

$750 to $999

42

$1,000 or more

4

No cash rent

104
   

Median (dollars)

383
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

2,666

Less than 20 percent

362

20 to 24 percent

176

25 to 29 percent

131

30 to 34 percent

113

35 percent or more

1,718

Not computed

166

 

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