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Watauga County:Laurel Creek Township:2000

DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 2,282 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 713 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,711 75.0   1.00 or less 688 96.5
1-unit, attached 44 1.9   1.01 to 1.50 25 3.5
2 units 25 1.1   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 80 3.5        
5 to 9 units 85 3.7             Specified owner-occupied units 320 100.0
10 to 19 units 140 6.1   VALUE    
20 or more units 22 1.0   Less than $50,000 20 6.3
Mobile home 173 7.6   $50,000 to $99,999 123 38.4
Boat, RV, van, etc. 2 0.1   $100,000 to $149,999 80 25.0
        $150,000 to $199,000 40 12.5
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 44 13.8
1999 to March 2000 145 6.4   $300,000 to $499,999 13 4.1
1995 to 1998 228 10.0   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 198 8.7   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 700 30.7   Median (dollars) 108,300 (X)
1970 to 1979 661 29.0        
1960 to 1969 159 7.0   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 142 6.2    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 49 2.1   With a mortgage 157 49.1
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 26 8.1
1 room 8 0.4        $500 to $699 4 1.3
2 rooms 62 2.7        $700 to $999 64 20.0
3 rooms 192 8.4        $1,000 to $1,499 55 17.2
4 rooms 434 19.0        $1,500 to $1,999 8 2.5
5 rooms 525 23.0        $2,000 or more 0 0.0
6 rooms 591 25.9        Median (dollars) 940 (X)
7 rooms 201 8.8   Not mortgaged 163 50.9
8 rooms 154 6.7        Median (dollars) 220 (X)
9 rooms 115 5.0        
Median (rooms) 5.3 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 713 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 138 43.1
1999 to March 2000 103 14.4   15 to 19 percent 41 12.8
1995 to 1998 205 28.8   20 to 24 percent 38 11.9
1990 to 1994 94 13.2   25 to 29 percent 34 10.6
1980 to 1989 185 25.9   30 to 34 percent 23 7.2
1970 to 1979 62 8.7   35 percent or more 46 14.4
1969 or earlier 64 9.0   Not completed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 115 100.0
None 24 3.4   GROSS RENT    
1 244 34.2   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 253 35.5   $200 to $299 12 10.4
3 or more 192 26.9   $300 to $499 43 37.4
        $500 to $749 30 26.1
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 2 1.7
Utility Gas 12 1.7   $1,000 to $1,499 3 2.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 150 21.0   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 92 12.9   No cash rent 25 21.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 403 56.5   Median (dollars) 414 (X)
Coal or coke 6 0.8        
Wood 46 6.5   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 2 0.3   Less than 15 percent 16 13.9
No fuel used 2 0.3   15 to 19 percent 9 7.8
        20 to 24 percent 6 5.2
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 7 6.1
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 6 0.8   30 to 34 percent 18 15.7
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 6 0.8   35 percent or more 34 29.6
No telephone service 28 3.9   Not computed 25 21.7
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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