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Wilkes County:Lewis Fork Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

419

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

17

1985 to 1988

26

1980 to 1984

46

1970 to 1979

118

1960 to 1969

58

1950 to 1959

48

1940 to 1949

31

1939 or earlier

75
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

24

2 bedrooms

77

3 bedrooms

207

4 bedrooms

91

5 or more bedrooms

20
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

28

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

0

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

64

Individual drilled well

230

Individual dug well

38

Some other source

87
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

0

Septic tank or cesspool

406

Other means

13
   

Occupied housing units

388

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

47

Electricity

97

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

91

Coal or coke

0

Wood

145

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

8

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

56

1985 to 1988

48

1980 to 1984

68

1970 to 1979

82

1960 to 1969

65

1959 or earlier

69
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

14
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

30

1

62

2

174

3 or more

122
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

144

With a mortgage

66

Less than $300

0

$300 to $499

22

$500 to $699

27

$700 to $999

10

$1,000 to $1,499

7

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

592
   

Not mortgaged

78

Less than $100

13

$100 to $199

44

$200 to $299

21

$300 to $399

0

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

142
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

144

Less than 20 percent

88

20 to 24 percent

0

25 to 29 percent

15

30 to 34 percent

21

35 percent or more

13

Not computed

7
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

36

Less than $200

7

$200 to $299

5

$300 to $499

10

$500 to $749

0

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

14
   

Median (dollars)

240
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

36

Less than 20 percent

12

20 to 24 percent

0

25 to 29 percent

5

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

5

Not computed

14
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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