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General Housing Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

OCCUPANCY STATUS

   

Total housing units

1,837

100.0

Occupied housing units 1,639 89.2
Vacant housing units 198 10.8
     

TENURE

   

Occupied housing units

1,639

100.0

Owner-occupied housing units 754 46.0
Renter-occupied housing units 885 54.0
     

VACANCY STATUS

   

Vacant housing units

198

100.0

For rent 119 60.1
For sale only 24 12.1
Rented or sold, not occupied 8 4.0
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 11 5.6
For migratory workers 0 0.0
Other vacant 36 18.2
     

RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

1,639

100.0

One race 1,617 98.7

White

1,373 83.8

Black or African American

189 11.5

American Indian and Alaska Native

2 0.1

Asian

13 0.8

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

3 0.2

Some other race

37 2.3
Two or more races 22 1.3
     

HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

1,639

100.0

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 98 6.0
Not Hispanic or Latino 1,541 94.0

White alone

1,318 80.4
     

AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

1,639

100.0

15 to 24 years 131 8.0
25 to 34 years 267 16.3
35 to 44 years 292 17.8
45 to 54 years 263 16.0
55 to 64 years 232 14.2
65 years and over 454 27.7

65 to 74 years

223 13.6

75 to 84 years

172 10.5

85 years and over

59 3.6
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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