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Watauga County:Brushy Fork Township:2000

DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 1,746 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,461 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,036 59.3   1.00 or less 1,455 99.6
1-unit, attached 57 3.3   1.01 to 1.50 6 0.4
2 units 96 5.5   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 116 6.6        
5 to 9 units 114 6.5             Specified owner-occupied units 652 100.0
10 to 19 units 62 3.6   VALUE    
20 or more units 93 5.3   Less than $50,000 28 4.3
Mobile home 172 9.9   $50,000 to $99,999 135 20.7
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 172 26.4
        $150,000 to $199,000 144 22.1
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 124 19.0
1999 to March 2000 63 3.6   $300,000 to $499,999 34 5.2
1995 to 1998 239 13.7   $500,000 to $999,999 15 2.3
1990 to 1994 199 11.4   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 293 16.8   Median (dollars) 147,600 (X)
1970 to 1979 430 24.6        
1960 to 1969 196 11.2   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 222 12.7    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 104 6.0   With a mortgage 401 61.5
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 35 5.4
1 room 25 1.4        $500 to $699 84 12.9
2 rooms 90 5.2        $700 to $999 143 21.9
3 rooms 231 13.2        $1,000 to $1,499 54 8.3
4 rooms 342 19.6        $1,500 to $1,999 52 8.0
5 rooms 417 23.9        $2,000 or more 33 5.1
6 rooms 237 13.6        Median (dollars) 891 (X)
7 rooms 213 12.2   Not mortgaged 251 38.5
8 rooms 101 5.8        Median (dollars) 215 (X)
9 rooms 90 5.2        
Median (rooms) 4.9 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 1,461 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 279 42.8
1999 to March 2000 431 29.5   15 to 19 percent 161 24.7
1995 to 1998 382 26.1   20 to 24 percent 92 14.1
1990 to 1994 187 12.8   25 to 29 percent 33 5.1
1980 to 1989 208 14.2   30 to 34 percent 31 4.8
1970 to 1979 132 9.0   35 percent or more 56 8.6
1969 or earlier 121 8.3   Not completed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 569 100.0
None 53 3.6   GROSS RENT    
1 482 33.0   Less than $200 17 3.0
2 558 38.2   $200 to $299 21 3.7
3 or more 368 25.2   $300 to $499 139 24.4
        $500 to $749 242 42.5
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 76 13.4
Utility Gas 17 1.2   $1,000 to $1,499 27 4.7
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 248 17.0   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 522 35.7   No cash rent 47 8.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 601 41.1   Median (dollars) 551 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 66 4.5   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 57 10.0
No fuel used 7 0.5   15 to 19 percent 64 11.2
        20 to 24 percent 58 10.2
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 30 5.3
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 5 0.3   30 to 34 percent 23 4.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 7 0.5   35 percent or more 269 47.3
No telephone service 19 1.3   Not computed 68 12.0
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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