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Watauga County:Cove Creek Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

989

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

14

1985 to 1988

112

1980 to 1984

112

1970 to 1979

222

1960 to 1969

195

1950 to 1959

66

1940 to 1949

115

1939 or earlier

153
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

16

2 bedrooms

304

3 bedrooms

515

4 bedrooms

139

5 or more bedrooms

15
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

6

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

6

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

8

Individual drilled well

585

Individual dug well

48

Some other source

348
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

14

Septic tank or cesspool

956

Other means

19
   

Occupied housing units

876

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

26

Electricity

159

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

448

Coal or coke

14

Wood

229

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

122

1985 to 1988

221

1980 to 1984

105

1970 to 1979

219

1960 to 1969

77

1959 or earlier

132
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

62
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

43

1

268

2

302

3 or more

263
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

375

With a mortgage

183

Less than $300

25

$300 to $499

96

$500 to $699

26

$700 to $999

30

$1,000 to $1,499

6

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

464
   

Not mortgaged

192

Less than $100

37

$100 to $199

121

$200 to $299

34

$300 to $399

0

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

128
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

375

Less than 20 percent

257

20 to 24 percent

35

25 to 29 percent

36

30 to 34 percent

20

35 percent or more

27

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

186

Less than $200

24

$200 to $299

64

$300 to $499

37

$500 to $749

17

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

44
   

Median (dollars)

248
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

186

Less than 20 percent

45

20 to 24 percent

17

25 to 29 percent

7

30 to 34 percent

23

35 percent or more

50

Not computed

44
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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