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Watauga County:Elk Township:2000

DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 354 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 161 100.0
1-unit, detached 321 90.7   1.00 or less 161 100.0
1-unit, attached 18 5.1   1.01 to 1.50 0 0.0
2 units 9 2.5   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 0 0.0        
5 to 9 units 0 0.0             Specified owner-occupied units 51 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 8 15.7
Mobile home 6 1.7   $50,000 to $99,999 0 0.0
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 34 66.7
        $150,000 to $199,000 9 17.6
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 0 0.0
1999 to March 2000 9 2.5   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 25 7.1   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 17 4.8   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 117 33.1   Median (dollars) 134,100 (X)
1970 to 1979 141 39.8        
1960 to 1969 19 5.4   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 17 4.8    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 9 2.5   With a mortgage 17 33.3
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 8 15.7
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 9 17.6
2 rooms 20 5.6        $700 to $999 0 0.0
3 rooms 33 9.3        $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
4 rooms 26 7.3        $1,500 to $1,999 0 0.0
5 rooms 149 42.1        $2,000 or more 0 0.0
6 rooms 65 18.4        Median (dollars) 506 (X)
7 rooms 43 12.1   Not mortgaged 34 66.7
8 rooms 18 5.1        Median (dollars) 253 (X)
9 rooms 0 0.0        
Median (rooms) 5.2 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 161 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 25 49.0
1999 to March 2000 28 17.4   15 to 19 percent 26 51.0
1995 to 1998 41 25.5   20 to 24 percent 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 25 15.5   25 to 29 percent 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 22 13.7   30 to 34 percent 0 0.0
1970 to 1979 27 16.8   35 percent or more 0 0.0
1969 or earlier 18 11.2   Not completed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 46 100.0
None 8 5.0   GROSS RENT    
1 70 43.5   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 58 36.0   $200 to $299 9 19.6
3 or more 25 15.5   $300 to $499 0 0.0
        $500 to $749 29 63.0
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 0 0.0
Utility Gas 10 6.2   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 25 15.5   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 54 33.5   No cash rent 8 17.4
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 56 34.8   Median (dollars) 576 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 16 9.9   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 10 21.7
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 0 0.0
        20 to 24 percent 10 21.7
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 9 19.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 9 5.6   30 to 34 percent 0 0.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 9 5.6   35 percent or more 9 19.6
No telephone service 0 0.0   Not computed 8 17.4
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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