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Wilkes County:New Castle Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

633

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

23

1985 to 1988

67

1980 to 1984

54

1970 to 1979

138

1960 to 1969

44

1950 to 1959

88

1940 to 1949

113

1939 or earlier

106
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

28

2 bedrooms

242

3 bedrooms

234

4 bedrooms

87

5 or more bedrooms

42
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

36

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

36

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

9

Individual drilled well

477

Individual dug well

65

Some other source

82
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

0

Septic tank or cesspool

579

Other means

54
   

Occupied housing units

550

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

91

Electricity

129

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

168

Coal or coke

0

Wood

162

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

62

1985 to 1988

152

1980 to 1984

114

1970 to 1979

88

1960 to 1969

37

1959 or earlier

97
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

36
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

63

1

59

2

219

3 or more

209
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

142

With a mortgage

40

Less than $300

9

$300 to $499

7

$500 to $699

0

$700 to $999

24

$1,000 to $1,499

0

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

717
   

Not mortgaged

102

Less than $100

39

$100 to $199

55

$200 to $299

8

$300 to $399

0

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

146
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

142

Less than 20 percent

101

20 to 24 percent

28

25 to 29 percent

6

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

7

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

95

Less than $200

20

$200 to $299

11

$300 to $499

20

$500 to $749

0

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

44
   

Median (dollars)

275
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

95

Less than 20 percent

30

20 to 24 percent

21

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

0

Not computed

44
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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