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General Housing Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

OCCUPANCY STATUS

   

Total housing units

4,748

100.0

Occupied housing units 4,374 92.1
Vacant housing units 374 7.9
     

TENURE

   

Occupied housing units

4,374

100.0

Owner-occupied housing units 1,290 29.5
Renter-occupied housing units 3,084 70.5
     

VACANCY STATUS

   

Vacant housing units

374

100.0

For rent 185 49.5
For sale only 17 4.5
Rented or sold, not occupied 23 6.1
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 90 24.1
For migratory workers 0 0.0
Other vacant 59 15.8
     

RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

4,374

100.0

One race 4,338 99.2

White

4,140 94.7

Black or African American

123 2.8

American Indian and Alaska Native

12 0.3

Asian

46 1.1

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

1 0.0

Some other race

16 0.4
Two or more races 36 0.8
     

HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

4,374

100.0

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 63 1.4
Not Hispanic or Latino 4,311 98.6

White alone

4,098 93.7
     

AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

4,374

100.0

15 to 24 years 2,084 47.6
25 to 34 years 581 13.3
35 to 44 years 346 7.9
45 to 54 years 409 9.4
55 to 64 years 329 7.5
65 years and over 625 14.3

65 to 74 years

262 6.0

75 to 84 years

269 6.1

85 years and over

94 2.1
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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