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Wilkes County:Moravian Falls Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

951

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

16

1985 to 1988

112

1980 to 1984

136

1970 to 1979

288

1960 to 1969

145

1950 to 1959

59

1940 to 1949

89

1939 or earlier

106
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

40

2 bedrooms

288

3 bedrooms

447

4 bedrooms

141

5 or more bedrooms

35
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

23

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

19

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

425

Individual drilled well

421

Individual dug well

46

Some other source

59
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

37

Septic tank or cesspool

895

Other means

19
   

Occupied housing units

894

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

54

Electricity

296

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

357

Coal or coke

0

Wood

170

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

17

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

94

1985 to 1988

244

1980 to 1984

113

1970 to 1979

250

1960 to 1969

93

1959 or earlier

100
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

88
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

76

1

230

2

327

3 or more

261
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

453

With a mortgage

241

Less than $300

18

$300 to $499

124

$500 to $699

72

$700 to $999

22

$1,000 to $1,499

0

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

5
   

Median (dollars)

452
   

Not mortgaged

212

Less than $100

21

$100 to $199

159

$200 to $299

17

$300 to $399

15

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

142
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

453

Less than 20 percent

268

20 to 24 percent

64

25 to 29 percent

54

30 to 34 percent

16

35 percent or more

51

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

167

Less than $200

13

$200 to $299

43

$300 to $499

77

$500 to $749

0

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

34
   

Median (dollars)

311
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

167

Less than 20 percent

61

20 to 24 percent

18

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

9

35 percent or more

45

Not computed

34
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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