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Watauga County:Meat Camp Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

1,012

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

18

1985 to 1988

152

1980 to 1984

75

1970 to 1979

312

1960 to 1969

168

1950 to 1959

123

1940 to 1949

78

1939 or earlier

86
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

64

2 bedrooms

343

3 bedrooms

486

4 bedrooms

108

5 or more bedrooms

11
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

60

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

18

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

0

Individual drilled well

553

Individual dug well

29

Some other source

430
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

5

Septic tank or cesspool

944

Other means

63
   

Occupied housing units

842

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

26

Electricity

119

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

312

Coal or coke

9

Wood

370

Solar energy

6

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

83

1985 to 1988

205

1980 to 1984

136

1970 to 1979

235

1960 to 1969

91

1959 or earlier

92
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

93
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

59

1

174

2

400

3 or more

209
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

439

With a mortgage

213

Less than $300

22

$300 to $499

75

$500 to $699

68

$700 to $999

35

$1,000 to $1,499

13

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

532
   

Not mortgaged

226

Less than $100

76

$100 to $199

145

$200 to $299

5

$300 to $399

0

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

119
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

439

Less than 20 percent

245

20 to 24 percent

104

25 to 29 percent

36

30 to 34 percent

14

35 percent or more

40

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

99

Less than $200

7

$200 to $299

35

$300 to $499

22

$500 to $749

5

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

30
   

Median (dollars)

263
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

99

Less than 20 percent

31

20 to 24 percent

0

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

8

35 percent or more

30

Not computed

30
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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