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Watauga County:Stony Fork Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

841

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

18

1985 to 1988

72

1980 to 1984

128

1970 to 1979

211

1960 to 1969

135

1950 to 1959

83

1940 to 1949

86

1939 or earlier

108
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

13

2 bedrooms

267

3 bedrooms

347

4 bedrooms

175

5 or more bedrooms

39
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

32

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

29

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

27

Individual drilled well

354

Individual dug well

68

Some other source

392
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

33

Septic tank or cesspool

749

Other means

59
   

Occupied housing units

724

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

31

Electricity

138

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

308

Coal or coke

0

Wood

233

Solar energy

14

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

98

1985 to 1988

176

1980 to 1984

119

1970 to 1979

160

1960 to 1969

69

1959 or earlier

102
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

34
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

25

1

183

2

258

3 or more

258
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

325

With a mortgage

176

Less than $300

7

$300 to $499

47

$500 to $699

67

$700 to $999

55

$1,000 to $1,499

0

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

589
   

Not mortgaged

149

Less than $100

33

$100 to $199

80

$200 to $299

36

$300 to $399

0

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

145
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

325

Less than 20 percent

225

20 to 24 percent

24

25 to 29 percent

39

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

37

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

124

Less than $200

0

$200 to $299

42

$300 to $499

60

$500 to $749

7

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

15
   

Median (dollars)

359
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

124

Less than 20 percent

54

20 to 24 percent

7

25 to 29 percent

7

30 to 34 percent

12

35 percent or more

29

Not computed

15
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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