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DP5:Housing Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

Total housing units

24,960

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

541

1985 to 1988

2,047

1980 to 1984

2,897

1970 to 1979

7,405

1960 to 1969

4,569

1950 to 1959

2,864

1940 to 1949

2,177

1939 or earlier

2,460
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

86

1 bedroom

1,193

2 bedrooms

8,735

3 bedrooms

11,994

4 bedrooms

2,432

5 or more bedrooms

520
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

697

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

436

Condominium housing units

105
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

12,897

Individual drilled well

8,465

Individual dug well

1,686

Some other source

1,912
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

3,836

Septic tank or cesspool

20,467

Other means

657
   

Occupied housing units

23,021

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

51

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

1,521

Electricity

7,875

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

9,396

Coal or coke

26

Wood

4,000

Solar energy

61

Other fuel

74

No fuel used

17
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

3,093

1985 to 1988

5,212

1980 to 1984

3,306

1970 to 1979

5,512

1960 to 1969

2,798

1959 or earlier

3,100
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

1,886
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

2,259

1

5,903

2

8,507

3 or more

6,352
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

10,884

With a mortgage

5,928

Less than $300

622

$300 to $499

2,143

$500 to $699

1,542

$700 to $999

1,156

$1,000 to $1,499

386

$1,500 to $1,999

41

$2,000 or more

38
   

Median (dollars)

522
   

Not mortgaged

4,956

Less than $100

727

$100 to $199

3,289

$200 to $299

741

$300 to $399

130

$400 or more

69
   

Median (dollars)

150
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

10,884

Less than 20 percent

6,585

20 to 24 percent

1,357

25 to 29 percent

1,022

30 to 34 percent

589

35 percent or more

1,246

Not computed

85
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

4,435

Less than $200

691

$200 to $299

1,210

$300 to $499

1,648

$500 to $749

209

$750 to $999

18

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

659
   

Median (dollars)

299
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

4,435

Less than 20 percent

1,540

20 to 24 percent

566

25 to 29 percent

298

30 to 34 percent

252

35 percent or more

1,082

Not computed

697

 

 
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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