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Wilkes County:Edwards Township:2000

DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 3,097 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 2,843 100.0
1-unit, detached 2,208 71.3   1.00 or less 2,793 98.2
1-unit, attached 11 0.4   1.01 to 1.50 36 1.3
2 units 2 0.1   1.51 or more 14 0.5
3 or 4 units 0 0.0        
5 to 9 units 8 0.3             Specified owner-occupied units 1,302 100.0
10 to 19 units 10 0.3   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 163 12.5
Mobile home 858 27.7   $50,000 to $99,999 810 62.2
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 232 17.8
        $150,000 to $199,000 90 6.9
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 7 0.5
1999 to March 2000 33 1.1   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 222 7.2   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 301 9.7   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 373 12.0   Median (dollars) 75,600 (X)
1970 to 1979 699 22.6        
1960 to 1969 417 13.5   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 666 21.5    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 386 12.5   With a mortgage 602 46.2
             Less than $300 19 1.5
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 114 8.8
1 room 4 0.1        $500 to $699 176 13.5
2 rooms 40 1.3        $700 to $999 189 14.5
3 rooms 63 2.0        $1,000 to $1,499 90 6.9
4 rooms 669 21.6        $1,500 to $1,999 14 1.1
5 rooms 1,050 33.9        $2,000 or more 0 0.0
6 rooms 662 21.4        Median (dollars) 686 (X)
7 rooms 297 9.6   Not mortgaged 700 53.8
8 rooms 224 7.2        Median (dollars) 212 (X)
9 rooms 88 2.8        
Median (rooms) 5.2 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 2,843 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 659 50.6
1999 to March 2000 281 9.9   15 to 19 percent 207 15.9
1995 to 1998 604 21.2   20 to 24 percent 147 11.3
1990 to 1994 440 15.5   25 to 29 percent 121 9.3
1980 to 1989 361 12.7   30 to 34 percent 29 2.2
1970 to 1979 523 18.4   35 percent or more 108 8.3
1969 or earlier 634 22.3   Not completed 31 2.4
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 415 100.0
None 169 5.9   GROSS RENT    
1 594 20.9   Less than $200 14 3.4
2 1,130 39.7   $200 to $299 34 8.2
3 or more 950 33.4   $300 to $499 162 39.0
        $500 to $749 63 15.2
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 44 10.6
Utility Gas 20 0.7   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 581 20.4   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 1,111 39.1   No cash rent 98 23.6
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 942 33.1   Median (dollars) 456 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 161 5.7   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 28 1.0   Less than 15 percent 122 29.4
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 44 10.6
        20 to 24 percent 23 5.5
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 39 9.4
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 4 0.1   30 to 34 percent 16 3.9
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 4 0.1   35 percent or more 73 17.6
No telephone service 101 3.6   Not computed 98 23.6
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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