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Wilkes County:Boomer Township:2000

DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 882 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 817 100.0
1-unit, detached 603 68.4   1.00 or less 812 99.4
1-unit, attached 0 0.0   1.01 to 1.50 0 0.0
2 units 12 1.4   1.51 or more 5 0.6
3 or 4 units 0 0.0        
5 to 9 units 0 0.0             Specified owner-occupied units 374 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 17 4.5
Mobile home 267 30.3   $50,000 to $99,999 146 39.0
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 110 29.4
        $150,000 to $199,000 58 15.5
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 24 6.4
1999 to March 2000 0 0.0   $300,000 to $499,999 19 5.1
1995 to 1998 107 12.1   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 81 9.2   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 204 23.1   Median (dollars) 112,800 (X)
1970 to 1979 206 23.4        
1960 to 1969 89 10.1   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 109 12.4    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 86 9.8   With a mortgage 216 57.8
             Less than $300 8 2.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 9 2.4
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 27 7.2
2 rooms 9 1.0        $700 to $999 79 21.1
3 rooms 44 5.0        $1,000 to $1,499 93 24.9
4 rooms 222 25.2        $1,500 to $1,999 0 0.0
5 rooms 259 29.4        $2,000 or more 0 0.0
6 rooms 159 18.0        Median (dollars) 963 (X)
7 rooms 132 15.0   Not mortgaged 158 42.2
8 rooms 49 5.6        Median (dollars) 178 (X)
9 rooms 8 0.9        
Median (rooms) 5.1 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 817 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 159 42.5
1999 to March 2000 84 10.3   15 to 19 percent 51 13.6
1995 to 1998 221 27.1   20 to 24 percent 54 14.4
1990 to 1994 101 12.4   25 to 29 percent 19 5.1
1980 to 1989 167 20.4   30 to 34 percent 22 5.9
1970 to 1979 121 14.8   35 percent or more 48 12.8
1969 or earlier 123 15.1   Not completed 21 5.6
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 124 100.0
None 77 9.4   GROSS RENT    
1 212 25.9   Less than $200 5 4.0
2 297 36.4   $200 to $299 19 15.3
3 or more 231 28.3   $300 to $499 39 31.5
        $500 to $749 34 27.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 9 7.3
Utility Gas 0 0.0   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 92 11.3   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 436 53.4   No cash rent 18 14.5
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 225 27.5   Median (dollars) 408 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 64 7.8   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 33 26.6
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 9 7.3
        20 to 24 percent 27 21.8
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 0 0.0
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 0 0.0   30 to 34 percent 28 22.6
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 9 7.3
No telephone service 39 4.8   Not computed 18 14.5
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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