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Watauga County:Watauga Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

2,137

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

95

1985 to 1988

237

1980 to 1984

347

1970 to 1979

580

1960 to 1969

324

1950 to 1959

150

1940 to 1949

197

1939 or earlier

207
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

12

1 bedroom

148

2 bedrooms

636

3 bedrooms

876

4 bedrooms

390

5 or more bedrooms

75
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

36

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

0

Condominium housing units

86
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

437

Individual drilled well

1,256

Individual dug well

63

Some other source

381
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

260

Septic tank or cesspool

1,762

Other means

115
   

Occupied housing units

1,030

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

12

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

64

Electricity

255

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

373

Coal or coke

0

Wood

315

Solar energy

11

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

211

1985 to 1988

279

1980 to 1984

197

1970 to 1979

166

1960 to 1969

67

1959 or earlier

110
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

51
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

52

1

266

2

468

3 or more

244
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

491

With a mortgage

221

Less than $300

3

$300 to $499

56

$500 to $699

72

$700 to $999

67

$1,000 to $1,499

23

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

627
   

Not mortgaged

270

Less than $100

45

$100 to $199

148

$200 to $299

20

$300 to $399

16

$400 or more

41
   

Median (dollars)

163
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

491

Less than 20 percent

335

20 to 24 percent

41

25 to 29 percent

23

30 to 34 percent

3

35 percent or more

79

Not computed

10
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

231

Less than $200

10

$200 to $299

54

$300 to $499

99

$500 to $749

35

$750 to $999

6

$1,000 or more

3

No cash rent

24
   

Median (dollars)

378
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

231

Less than 20 percent

94

20 to 24 percent

22

25 to 29 percent

15

30 to 34 percent

29

35 percent or more

43

Not computed

28
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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