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Watauga County:Stony Fork Township:2000

DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 942 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 795 100.0
1-unit, detached 726 77.1   1.00 or less 795 100.0
1-unit, attached 0 0.0   1.01 to 1.50 0 0.0
2 units 10 1.1   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 16 1.7        
5 to 9 units 0 0.0             Specified owner-occupied units 388 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 13 3.4
Mobile home 190 20.2   $50,000 to $99,999 78 20.1
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 159 41.0
        $150,000 to $199,000 60 15.5
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 71 18.3
1999 to March 2000 30 3.2   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 87 9.2   $500,000 to $999,999 7 1.8
1990 to 1994 124 13.2   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 152 16.1   Median (dollars) 130,600 (X)
1970 to 1979 252 26.8        
1960 to 1969 139 14.8   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 97 10.3    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 61 6.5   With a mortgage 213 54.9
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 8 2.1
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 88 22.7
2 rooms 16 1.7        $700 to $999 68 17.5
3 rooms 36 3.8        $1,000 to $1,499 40 10.3
4 rooms 162 17.2        $1,500 to $1,999 0 0.0
5 rooms 278 29.5        $2,000 or more 9 2.3
6 rooms 193 20.5        Median (dollars) 728 (X)
7 rooms 145 15.4   Not mortgaged 175 45.1
8 rooms 62 6.6        Median (dollars) 232 (X)
9 rooms 50 5.3        
Median (rooms) 5.4 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 795 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 183 47.2
1999 to March 2000 112 14.1   15 to 19 percent 65 16.8
1995 to 1998 227 28.6   20 to 24 percent 40 10.3
1990 to 1994 169 21.3   25 to 29 percent 20 5.2
1980 to 1989 110 13.8   30 to 34 percent 8 2.1
1970 to 1979 87 10.9   35 percent or more 72 18.6
1969 or earlier 90 11.3   Not completed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 170 100.0
None 30 3.8   GROSS RENT    
1 179 22.5   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 291 36.6   $200 to $299 10 5.9
3 or more 295 37.1   $300 to $499 32 18.8
        $500 to $749 73 42.9
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 8 4.7
Utility Gas 0 0.0   $1,000 to $1,499 18 10.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 98 12.3   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 137 17.2   No cash rent 29 17.1
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 483 60.8   Median (dollars) 540 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 77 9.7   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 46 27.1
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 32 18.8
        20 to 24 percent 17 10.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 20 11.8
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 8 1.0   30 to 34 percent 0 0.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 16 9.4
No telephone service 8 1.0   Not computed 39 22.9
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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