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Wilkes County:Elk Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

425

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

19

1985 to 1988

62

1980 to 1984

34

1970 to 1979

111

1960 to 1969

58

1950 to 1959

74

1940 to 1949

45

1939 or earlier

22
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

46

2 bedrooms

146

3 bedrooms

193

4 bedrooms

23

5 or more bedrooms

17
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

35

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

16

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

0

Individual drilled well

196

Individual dug well

40

Some other source

189
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

0

Septic tank or cesspool

402

Other means

23
   

Occupied housing units

358

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

35

Electricity

71

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

129

Coal or coke

0

Wood

123

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

45

1985 to 1988

98

1980 to 1984

29

1970 to 1979

74

1960 to 1969

59

1959 or earlier

53
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

44
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

58

1

62

2

110

3 or more

128
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

111

With a mortgage

76

Less than $300

23

$300 to $499

35

$500 to $699

4

$700 to $999

0

$1,000 to $1,499

7

$1,500 to $1,999

7

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

365
   

Not mortgaged

35

Less than $100

0

$100 to $199

35

$200 to $299

0

$300 to $399

0

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

125
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

111

Less than 20 percent

47

20 to 24 percent

15

25 to 29 percent

9

30 to 34 percent

6

35 percent or more

27

Not computed

7
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

39

Less than $200

14

$200 to $299

25

$300 to $499

0

$500 to $749

0

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

0
   

Median (dollars)

221
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

39

Less than 20 percent

18

20 to 24 percent

21

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

0

Not computed

0
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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