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Watauga County:Beaverdam Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

533

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

11

1985 to 1988

55

1980 to 1984

41

1970 to 1979

98

1960 to 1969

93

1950 to 1959

86

1940 to 1949

57

1939 or earlier

92
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

36

2 bedrooms

120

3 bedrooms

255

4 bedrooms

97

5 or more bedrooms

25
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

11

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

0

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

0

Individual drilled well

196

Individual dug well

26

Some other source

311
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

4

Septic tank or cesspool

473

Other means

56
   

Occupied housing units

461

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

6

Electricity

42

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

181

Coal or coke

5

Wood

227

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

63

1985 to 1988

91

1980 to 1984

58

1970 to 1979

73

1960 to 1969

55

1959 or earlier

121
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

15
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

40

1

105

2

216

3 or more

100
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

148

With a mortgage

67

Less than $300

0

$300 to $499

38

$500 to $699

12

$700 to $999

10

$1,000 to $1,499

7

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

477
   

Not mortgaged

81

Less than $100

10

$100 to $199

64

$200 to $299

7

$300 to $399

0

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

124
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

148

Less than 20 percent

99

20 to 24 percent

17

25 to 29 percent

15

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

17

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

47

Less than $200

17

$200 to $299

9

$300 to $499

12

$500 to $749

0

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

9
   

Median (dollars)

261
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

47

Less than 20 percent

17

20 to 24 percent

8

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

13

Not computed

9
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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