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Watauga County:Blue Ridge Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

1,251

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

25

1985 to 1988

205

1980 to 1984

152

1970 to 1979

550

1960 to 1969

188

1950 to 1959

72

1940 to 1949

38

1939 or earlier

21
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

10

1 bedroom

122

2 bedrooms

352

3 bedrooms

592

4 bedrooms

106

5 or more bedrooms

69
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

29

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

0

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

186

Individual drilled well

875

Individual dug well

37

Some other source

153
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

127

Septic tank or cesspool

1,066

Other means

58
   

Occupied housing units

855

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

80

Electricity

285

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

358

Coal or coke

0

Wood

132

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

156

1985 to 1988

182

1980 to 1984

170

1970 to 1979

206

1960 to 1969

76

1959 or earlier

65
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

12
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

12

1

192

2

362

3 or more

289
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

518

With a mortgage

345

Less than $300

0

$300 to $499

89

$500 to $699

76

$700 to $999

138

$1,000 to $1,499

42

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

725
   

Not mortgaged

173

Less than $100

14

$100 to $199

150

$200 to $299

9

$300 to $399

0

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

159
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

518

Less than 20 percent

323

20 to 24 percent

38

25 to 29 percent

86

30 to 34 percent

7

35 percent or more

55

Not computed

9
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

127

Less than $200

9

$200 to $299

30

$300 to $499

74

$500 to $749

6

$750 to $999

8

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

0
   

Median (dollars)

335
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

127

Less than 20 percent

48

20 to 24 percent

0

25 to 29 percent

10

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

69

Not computed

0
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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