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Watauga County:Elk Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

271

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

0

1985 to 1988

16

1980 to 1984

59

1970 to 1979

116

1960 to 1969

31

1950 to 1959

20

1940 to 1949

25

1939 or earlier

4
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

8

2 bedrooms

132

3 bedrooms

120

4 bedrooms

11

5 or more bedrooms

0
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

21

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

0

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

140

Individual drilled well

40

Individual dug well

0

Some other source

91
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

0

Septic tank or cesspool

240

Other means

31
   

Occupied housing units

125

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

8

Electricity

47

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

27

Coal or coke

0

Wood

43

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

0

1985 to 1988

13

1980 to 1984

34

1970 to 1979

49

1960 to 1969

0

1959 or earlier

29
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

8
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

0

1

58

2

36

3 or more

31
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

88

With a mortgage

61

Less than $300

9

$300 to $499

29

$500 to $699

12

$700 to $999

0

$1,000 to $1,499

0

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

11
   

Median (dollars)

474
   

Not mortgaged

27

Less than $100

16

$100 to $199

0

$200 to $299

11

$300 to $399

0

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

99
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

88

Less than 20 percent

42

20 to 24 percent

28

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

18

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

0

Less than $200

0

$200 to $299

0

$300 to $499

0

$500 to $749

0

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

0
   

Median (dollars)

0
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

0

Less than 20 percent

0

20 to 24 percent

0

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

0

Not computed

0
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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