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Watauga County:Laurel Creek Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

1,923

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

43

1985 to 1988

299

1980 to 1984

412

1970 to 1979

603

1960 to 1969

269

1950 to 1959

59

1940 to 1949

68

1939 or earlier

170
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

21

1 bedroom

130

2 bedrooms

603

3 bedrooms

801

4 bedrooms

235

5 or more bedrooms

133
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

35

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

14

Condominium housing units

20
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

1,267

Individual drilled well

289

Individual dug well

39

Some other source

328
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

1,137

Septic tank or cesspool

739

Other means

47
   

Occupied housing units

562

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

28

Electricity

150

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

197

Coal or coke

10

Wood

177

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

133

1985 to 1988

121

1980 to 1984

67

1970 to 1979

107

1960 to 1969

57

1959 or earlier

77
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

36
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

64

1

160

2

251

3 or more

87
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

215

With a mortgage

124

Less than $300

24

$300 to $499

27

$500 to $699

15

$700 to $999

42

$1,000 to $1,499

16

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

667
   

Not mortgaged

91

Less than $100

34

$100 to $199

44

$200 to $299

11

$300 to $399

2

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

121
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

215

Less than 20 percent

111

20 to 24 percent

22

25 to 29 percent

40

30 to 34 percent

3

35 percent or more

30

Not computed

9
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

86

Less than $200

2

$200 to $299

14

$300 to $499

25

$500 to $749

11

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

34
   

Median (dollars)

338
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

86

Less than 20 percent

10

20 to 24 percent

11

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

6

35 percent or more

22

Not computed

37
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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