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Watauga County:Shawneehaw Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

319

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

18

1985 to 1988

35

1980 to 1984

39

1970 to 1979

91

1960 to 1969

29

1950 to 1959

32

1940 to 1949

16

1939 or earlier

59
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

3

1 bedroom

8

2 bedrooms

104

3 bedrooms

158

4 bedrooms

25

5 or more bedrooms

21
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

23

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

5

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

12

Individual drilled well

185

Individual dug well

10

Some other source

112
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

13

Septic tank or cesspool

276

Other means

30
   

Occupied housing units

221

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

7

Electricity

58

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

49

Coal or coke

0

Wood

107

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

26

1985 to 1988

64

1980 to 1984

33

1970 to 1979

50

1960 to 1969

10

1959 or earlier

38
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

16
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

11

1

84

2

75

3 or more

51
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

100

With a mortgage

43

Less than $300

0

$300 to $499

31

$500 to $699

12

$700 to $999

0

$1,000 to $1,499

0

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

437
   

Not mortgaged

57

Less than $100

12

$100 to $199

32

$200 to $299

13

$300 to $399

0

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

139
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

100

Less than 20 percent

72

20 to 24 percent

7

25 to 29 percent

5

30 to 34 percent

10

35 percent or more

6

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

9

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

9
   

Median (dollars)

0
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

9

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

9
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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