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Watauga County:Brushy Fork Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

1,683

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

95

1985 to 1988

265

1980 to 1984

233

1970 to 1979

458

1960 to 1969

238

1950 to 1959

129

1940 to 1949

130

1939 or earlier

135
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

41

1 bedroom

122

2 bedrooms

611

3 bedrooms

759

4 bedrooms

105

5 or more bedrooms

45
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

8

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

8

Condominium housing units

33
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

275

Individual drilled well

1,060

Individual dug well

92

Some other source

256
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

266

Septic tank or cesspool

1,349

Other means

68
   

Occupied housing units

1,391

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

89

Electricity

446

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

628

Coal or coke

0

Wood

228

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

404

1985 to 1988

346

1980 to 1984

162

1970 to 1979

274

1960 to 1969

79

1959 or earlier

126
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

32
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

81

1

356

2

621

3 or more

333
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

619

With a mortgage

412

Less than $300

15

$300 to $499

148

$500 to $699

133

$700 to $999

83

$1,000 to $1,499

14

$1,500 to $1,999

10

$2,000 or more

9
   

Median (dollars)

542
   

Not mortgaged

207

Less than $100

30

$100 to $199

127

$200 to $299

42

$300 to $399

8

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

143
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

619

Less than 20 percent

411

20 to 24 percent

52

25 to 29 percent

85

30 to 34 percent

30

35 percent or more

41

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

462

Less than $200

0

$200 to $299

107

$300 to $499

248

$500 to $749

61

$750 to $999

5

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

41
   

Median (dollars)

374
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

462

Less than 20 percent

148

20 to 24 percent

51

25 to 29 percent

46

30 to 34 percent

14

35 percent or more

146

Not computed

57
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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