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Wilkes County:Elk Township:2000

DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 588 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 430 100.0
1-unit, detached 368 62.6   1.00 or less 410 95.3
1-unit, attached 22 3.7   1.01 to 1.50 0 0.0
2 units 0 0.0   1.51 or more 20 4.7
3 or 4 units 0 0.0        
5 to 9 units 0 0.0             Specified owner-occupied units 120 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 32 26.7
Mobile home 156 26.5   $50,000 to $99,999 40 33.3
Boat, RV, van, etc. 42 7.1   $100,000 to $149,999 34 28.3
        $150,000 to $199,000 7 5.8
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 7 5.8
1999 to March 2000 8 1.4   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 115 19.6   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 102 17.3   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 59 10.0   Median (dollars) 75,000 (X)
1970 to 1979 135 23.0        
1960 to 1969 82 13.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 29 4.9    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 58 9.9   With a mortgage 48 40.0
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 7 5.8
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 14 11.7
2 rooms 27 4.6        $700 to $999 20 16.7
3 rooms 61 10.4        $1,000 to $1,499 7 5.8
4 rooms 71 12.1        $1,500 to $1,999 0 0.0
5 rooms 207 35.2        $2,000 or more 0 0.0
6 rooms 89 15.1        Median (dollars) 760 (X)
7 rooms 67 11.4   Not mortgaged 72 60.0
8 rooms 46 7.8        Median (dollars) 150 (X)
9 rooms 20 3.4        
Median (rooms) 5.2 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 430 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 85 70.8
1999 to March 2000 40 9.3   15 to 19 percent 14 11.7
1995 to 1998 114 26.5   20 to 24 percent 13 10.8
1990 to 1994 51 11.9   25 to 29 percent 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 51 11.9   30 to 34 percent 0 0.0
1970 to 1979 83 19.3   35 percent or more 8 6.7
1969 or earlier 91 21.2   Not completed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 69 100.0
None 69 16.0   GROSS RENT    
1 97 22.6   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 117 27.2   $200 to $299 28 40.6
3 or more 147 34.2   $300 to $499 15 21.7
        $500 to $749 0 0.0
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 8 11.6
Utility Gas 0 0.0   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 99 23.0   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 124 28.8   No cash rent 18 26.1
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 116 27.0   Median (dollars) 282 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 91 21.2   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 28 40.6
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 0 0.0
        20 to 24 percent 0 0.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 0 0.0
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 22 5.1   30 to 34 percent 8 11.6
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 6 1.4   35 percent or more 15 21.7
No telephone service 24 5.6   Not computed 18 26.1
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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