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Watauga County:Blowing Rock Township:2000

DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 2,622 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,302 100.0
1-unit, detached 2,053 78.3   1.00 or less 1,298 99.7
1-unit, attached 116 4.4   1.01 to 1.50 4 0.3
2 units 129 4.9   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 108 4.1        
5 to 9 units 134 5.1             Specified owner-occupied units 737 100.0
10 to 19 units 14 0.5   VALUE    
20 or more units 4 0.2   Less than $50,000 2 0.3
Mobile home 64 2.4   $50,000 to $99,999 74 10.0
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 141 19.1
        $150,000 to $199,000 186 25.2
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 144 19.5
1999 to March 2000 90 3.4   $300,000 to $499,999 128 17.4
1995 to 1998 251 9.6   $500,000 to $999,999 43 5.8
1990 to 1994 233 8.9   $1,000,000 or more 19 2.6
1980 to 1989 516 19.7   Median (dollars) 190,800 (X)
1970 to 1979 551 21.0        
1960 to 1969 390 14.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 346 13.2    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 245 9.3   With a mortgage 437 59.3
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 18 2.4
1 room 10 0.4        $500 to $699 47 6.4
2 rooms 37 1.4        $700 to $999 91 12.3
3 rooms 189 7.2        $1,000 to $1,499 152 20.6
4 rooms 421 16.1        $1,500 to $1,999 58 7.9
5 rooms 526 20.1        $2,000 or more 71 9.6
6 rooms 467 17.8        Median (dollars) 1,159 (X)
7 rooms 363 13.8   Not mortgaged 300 40.7
8 rooms 304 11.6        Median (dollars) 269 (X)
9 rooms 305 11.6        
Median (rooms) 5.8 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 1,302 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 349 47.4
1999 to March 2000 267 20.5   15 to 19 percent 105 14.2
1995 to 1998 408 31.3   20 to 24 percent 77 10.4
1990 to 1994 236 18.1   25 to 29 percent 80 10.9
1980 to 1989 166 12.7   30 to 34 percent 19 2.6
1970 to 1979 110 8.4   35 percent or more 99 13.4
1969 or earlier 115 8.8   Not completed 8 1.1
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 372 100.0
None 59 4.5   GROSS RENT    
1 450 34.6   Less than $200 6 1.6
2 496 38.1   $200 to $299 7 1.9
3 or more 297 22.8   $300 to $499 68 18.3
        $500 to $749 143 38.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 65 17.5
Utility Gas 21 1.6   $1,000 to $1,499 32 8.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 321 24.7   $1,500 or more 7 1.9
Electricity 352 27.0   No cash rent 44 11.8
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 544 41.8   Median (dollars) 638 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 57 4.4   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 7 0.5   Less than 15 percent 56 15.1
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 36 9.7
        20 to 24 percent 73 19.6
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 21 5.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 0 0.0   30 to 34 percent 30 8.1
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 103 27.7
No telephone service 8 0.6   Not computed 53 14.2
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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