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Watauga County:Blue Ridge Township:2000

DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 1,879 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,452 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,459 77.6   1.00 or less 1,434 98.8
1-unit, attached 112 6.0   1.01 to 1.50 12 0.8
2 units 84 4.5   1.51 or more 6 0.4
3 or 4 units 51 2.7        
5 to 9 units 14 0.7             Specified owner-occupied units 932 100.0
10 to 19 units 49 2.6   VALUE    
20 or more units 30 1.6   Less than $50,000 15 1.6
Mobile home 68 3.6   $50,000 to $99,999 142 15.2
Boat, RV, van, etc. 12 0.6   $100,000 to $149,999 200 21.5
        $150,000 to $199,000 252 27.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 203 21.8
1999 to March 2000 81 4.3   $300,000 to $499,999 95 10.2
1995 to 1998 168 8.9   $500,000 to $999,999 25 2.7
1990 to 1994 222 11.8   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 624 33.2   Median (dollars) 168,900 (X)
1970 to 1979 340 18.1        
1960 to 1969 248 13.2   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 148 7.9    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 48 2.6   With a mortgage 588 63.1
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 35 3.8
1 room 15 0.8        $500 to $699 78 8.4
2 rooms 39 2.1        $700 to $999 172 18.5
3 rooms 116 6.2        $1,000 to $1,499 213 22.9
4 rooms 241 12.8        $1,500 to $1,999 56 6.0
5 rooms 408 21.7        $2,000 or more 34 3.6
6 rooms 403 21.4        Median (dollars) 1,023 (X)
7 rooms 235 12.5   Not mortgaged 344 36.9
8 rooms 234 12.5        Median (dollars) 245 (X)
9 rooms 188 10.0        
Median (rooms) 5.8 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 1,452 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 426 45.7
1999 to March 2000 290 20.0   15 to 19 percent 128 13.7
1995 to 1998 438 30.2   20 to 24 percent 137 14.7
1990 to 1994 196 13.5   25 to 29 percent 57 6.1
1980 to 1989 226 15.6   30 to 34 percent 41 4.4
1970 to 1979 183 12.6   35 percent or more 143 15.3
1969 or earlier 119 8.2   Not completed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 367 100.0
None 46 3.2   GROSS RENT    
1 428 29.5   Less than $200 8 2.2
2 630 43.4   $200 to $299 45 12.3
3 or more 348 24.0   $300 to $499 79 21.5
        $500 to $749 146 39.8
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 43 11.7
Utility Gas 22 1.5   $1,000 to $1,499 14 3.8
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 430 29.6   $1,500 or more 2 0.5
Electricity 419 28.9   No cash rent 30 8.2
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 491 33.8   Median (dollars) 543 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 73 5.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 17 1.2   Less than 15 percent 118 32.2
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 24 6.5
        20 to 24 percent 20 5.4
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 35 9.5
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 6 0.4   30 to 34 percent 29 7.9
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 10 0.7   35 percent or more 92 25.1
No telephone service 10 0.7   Not computed 49 13.4
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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