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Watauga County:Boone Township:2000

DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 2,204 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 2,052 100.0
1-unit, detached 667 30.3   1.00 or less 1,999 97.4
1-unit, attached 41 1.9   1.01 to 1.50 35 1.7
2 units 128 5.8   1.51 or more 18 0.9
3 or 4 units 147 6.7        
5 to 9 units 244 11.1             Specified owner-occupied units 378 100.0
10 to 19 units 519 23.5   VALUE    
20 or more units 429 19.5   Less than $50,000 13 3.4
Mobile home 29 1.3   $50,000 to $99,999 78 20.6
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 172 45.5
        $150,000 to $199,000 41 10.8
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 56 14.8
1999 to March 2000 6 0.3   $300,000 to $499,999 18 4.8
1995 to 1998 64 2.9   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 83 3.8   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 368 16.7   Median (dollars) 130,700 (X)
1970 to 1979 544 24.7        
1960 to 1969 437 19.8   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 500 22.7    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 202 9.2   With a mortgage 176 46.6
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 11 2.9
1 room 41 1.9        $500 to $699 33 8.7
2 rooms 192 8.7        $700 to $999 67 17.7
3 rooms 549 24.9        $1,000 to $1,499 39 10.3
4 rooms 557 25.3        $1,500 to $1,999 13 3.4
5 rooms 273 12.4        $2,000 or more 13 3.4
6 rooms 279 12.7        Median (dollars) 945 (X)
7 rooms 163 7.4   Not mortgaged 202 53.4
8 rooms 81 3.7        Median (dollars) 244 (X)
9 rooms 69 3.1        
Median (rooms) 4.1 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 2,052 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 188 49.7
1999 to March 2000 987 48.1   15 to 19 percent 43 11.4
1995 to 1998 620 30.2   20 to 24 percent 45 11.9
1990 to 1994 75 3.7   25 to 29 percent 19 5.0
1980 to 1989 141 6.9   30 to 34 percent 11 2.9
1970 to 1979 71 3.5   35 percent or more 59 15.6
1969 or earlier 158 7.7   Not completed 13 3.4
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 1,594 100.0
None 172 8.4   GROSS RENT    
1 947 46.2   Less than $200 15 0.9
2 603 29.4   $200 to $299 59 3.7
3 or more 330 16.1   $300 to $499 594 37.3
        $500 to $749 539 33.8
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 207 13.0
Utility Gas 22 1.1   $1,000 to $1,499 65 4.1
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 88 4.3   $1,500 or more 12 0.8
Electricity 1,385 67.5   No cash rent 103 6.5
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 488 23.8   Median (dollars) 525 (X)
Coal or coke 21 1.0        
Wood 28 1.4   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 6 0.3   Less than 15 percent 115 7.2
No fuel used 14 0.7   15 to 19 percent 137 8.6
        20 to 24 percent 90 5.6
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 100 6.3
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 6 0.3   30 to 34 percent 99 6.2
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 20 1.0   35 percent or more 903 56.6
No telephone service 98 4.8   Not computed 150 9.4
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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