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Watauga County:Blowing Rock Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

2,241

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

46

1985 to 1988

304

1980 to 1984

221

1970 to 1979

527

1960 to 1969

360

1950 to 1959

247

1940 to 1949

197

1939 or earlier

339
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

14

1 bedroom

168

2 bedrooms

660

3 bedrooms

835

4 bedrooms

407

5 or more bedrooms

157
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

22

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

24

Condominium housing units

179
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

1,612

Individual drilled well

467

Individual dug well

65

Some other source

97
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

1,023

Septic tank or cesspool

1,187

Other means

31
   

Occupied housing units

1,024

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

105

Electricity

269

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

507

Coal or coke

10

Wood

125

Solar energy

8

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

198

1985 to 1988

304

1980 to 1984

136

1970 to 1979

233

1960 to 1969

31

1959 or earlier

122
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

12
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

52

1

380

2

345

3 or more

247
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

556

With a mortgage

246

Less than $300

18

$300 to $499

43

$500 to $699

64

$700 to $999

64

$1,000 to $1,499

43

$1,500 to $1,999

8

$2,000 or more

6
   

Median (dollars)

693
   

Not mortgaged

310

Less than $100

34

$100 to $199

115

$200 to $299

83

$300 to $399

62

$400 or more

16
   

Median (dollars)

204
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

556

Less than 20 percent

342

20 to 24 percent

53

25 to 29 percent

41

30 to 34 percent

32

35 percent or more

87

Not computed

1
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

269

Less than $200

14

$200 to $299

66

$300 to $499

68

$500 to $749

53

$750 to $999

9

$1,000 or more

4

No cash rent

55
   

Median (dollars)

365
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

269

Less than 20 percent

80

20 to 24 percent

14

25 to 29 percent

18

30 to 34 percent

25

35 percent or more

73

Not computed

59
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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