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Watauga County:New River Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

1,504

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

54

1985 to 1988

347

1980 to 1984

179

1970 to 1979

466

1960 to 1969

255

1950 to 1959

94

1940 to 1949

53

1939 or earlier

56
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

66

2 bedrooms

435

3 bedrooms

767

4 bedrooms

209

5 or more bedrooms

27
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

0

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

0

Condominium housing units

21
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

373

Individual drilled well

829

Individual dug well

114

Some other source

188
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

202

Septic tank or cesspool

1,282

Other means

20
   

Occupied housing units

1,315

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

8

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

65

Electricity

532

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

547

Coal or coke

0

Wood

154

Solar energy

9

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

334

1985 to 1988

413

1980 to 1984

197

1970 to 1979

229

1960 to 1969

67

1959 or earlier

75
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

26
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

55

1

279

2

597

3 or more

384
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

658

With a mortgage

546

Less than $300

101

$300 to $499

110

$500 to $699

128

$700 to $999

129

$1,000 to $1,499

78

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

608
   

Not mortgaged

112

Less than $100

9

$100 to $199

64

$200 to $299

39

$300 to $399

0

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

179
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

658

Less than 20 percent

319

20 to 24 percent

151

25 to 29 percent

23

30 to 34 percent

23

35 percent or more

142

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

312

Less than $200

15

$200 to $299

54

$300 to $499

155

$500 to $749

60

$750 to $999

7

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

21
   

Median (dollars)

419
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

312

Less than 20 percent

57

20 to 24 percent

60

25 to 29 percent

8

30 to 34 percent

14

35 percent or more

152

Not computed

21
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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