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Wilkes County:Lewis Fork Township:2000

DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 581 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 523 100.0
1-unit, detached 370 63.7   1.00 or less 510 97.5
1-unit, attached 8 1.4   1.01 to 1.50 13 2.5
2 units 0 0.0   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 0 0.0        
5 to 9 units 0 0.0             Specified owner-occupied units 174 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 11 6.3
Mobile home 198 34.1   $50,000 to $99,999 89 51.1
Boat, RV, van, etc. 5 0.9   $100,000 to $149,999 61 35.1
        $150,000 to $199,000 0 0.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 6 3.4
1999 to March 2000 22 3.8   $300,000 to $499,999 7 4.0
1995 to 1998 73 12.6   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 44 7.6   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 71 12.2   Median (dollars) 96,700 (X)
1970 to 1979 145 25.0        
1960 to 1969 82 14.1   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 92 15.8    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 52 9.0   With a mortgage 95 54.6
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 8 4.6
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 39 22.4
2 rooms 8 1.4        $700 to $999 29 16.7
3 rooms 24 4.1        $1,000 to $1,499 7 4.0
4 rooms 88 15.1        $1,500 to $1,999 12 6.9
5 rooms 144 24.8        $2,000 or more 0 0.0
6 rooms 105 18.1        Median (dollars) 804 (X)
7 rooms 141 24.3   Not mortgaged 79 45.4
8 rooms 48 8.3        Median (dollars) 257 (X)
9 rooms 23 4.0        
Median (rooms) 5.8 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 523 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 103 59.2
1999 to March 2000 67 12.8   15 to 19 percent 26 14.9
1995 to 1998 112 21.4   20 to 24 percent 13 7.5
1990 to 1994 45 8.6   25 to 29 percent 6 3.4
1980 to 1989 73 14.0   30 to 34 percent 6 3.4
1970 to 1979 103 19.7   35 percent or more 20 11.5
1969 or earlier 123 23.5   Not completed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 49 100.0
None 21 4.0   GROSS RENT    
1 115 22.0   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 196 37.5   $200 to $299 7 14.3
3 or more 191 36.5   $300 to $499 10 20.4
        $500 to $749 10 20.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 8 16.3
Utility Gas 0 0.0   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 102 19.5   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 246 47.0   No cash rent 14 28.6
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 142 27.2   Median (dollars) 555 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 33 6.3   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 0 0.0
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 8 16.3
        20 to 24 percent 5 10.2
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 0 0.0
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 7 1.3   30 to 34 percent 4 8.2
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 7 1.3   35 percent or more 12 24.5
No telephone service 9 1.7   Not computed 20 40.8
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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