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Wilkes County:North Wilkesboro Township:2000

DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 3,295 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 2,978 100.0
1-unit, detached 2,060 62.5   1.00 or less 2,905 97.5
1-unit, attached 59 1.8   1.01 to 1.50 49 1.6
2 units 140 4.2   1.51 or more 24 0.8
3 or 4 units 286 8.7        
5 to 9 units 168 5.1             Specified owner-occupied units 1,486 100.0
10 to 19 units 37 1.1   VALUE    
20 or more units 111 3.4   Less than $50,000 198 13.3
Mobile home 434 13.2   $50,000 to $99,999 813 54.7
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 282 19.0
        $150,000 to $199,000 118 7.9
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 36 2.4
1999 to March 2000 72 2.2   $300,000 to $499,999 39 2.6
1995 to 1998 114 3.5   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 147 4.5   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 509 15.4   Median (dollars) 82,600 (X)
1970 to 1979 760 23.1        
1960 to 1969 454 13.8   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 779 23.6    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 460 14.0   With a mortgage 826 55.6
             Less than $300 35 2.4
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 113 7.6
1 room 45 1.4        $500 to $699 208 14.0
2 rooms 84 2.5        $700 to $999 263 17.7
3 rooms 310 9.4        $1,000 to $1,499 142 9.6
4 rooms 703 21.3        $1,500 to $1,999 29 2.0
5 rooms 950 28.8        $2,000 or more 36 2.4
6 rooms 536 16.3        Median (dollars) 736 (X)
7 rooms 200 6.1   Not mortgaged 660 44.4
8 rooms 209 6.3        Median (dollars) 215 (X)
9 rooms 258 7.8        
Median (rooms) 5.0 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 2,978 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 692 46.6
1999 to March 2000 505 17.0   15 to 19 percent 204 13.7
1995 to 1998 905 30.4   20 to 24 percent 138 9.3
1990 to 1994 416 14.0   25 to 29 percent 156 10.5
1980 to 1989 419 14.1   30 to 34 percent 37 2.5
1970 to 1979 321 10.8   35 percent or more 220 14.8
1969 or earlier 412 13.8   Not completed 39 2.6
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 1,153 100.0
None 517 17.4   GROSS RENT    
1 994 33.4   Less than $200 232 20.1
2 908 30.5   $200 to $299 174 15.1
3 or more 559 18.8   $300 to $499 426 36.9
        $500 to $749 220 19.1
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 14 1.2
Utility Gas 29 1.0   $1,000 to $1,499 17 1.5
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 330 11.1   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 1,425 47.9   No cash rent 70 6.1
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 1,132 38.0   Median (dollars) 386 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 47 1.6   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 8 0.3   Less than 15 percent 289 25.1
No fuel used 7 0.2   15 to 19 percent 193 16.7
        20 to 24 percent 128 11.1
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 118 10.2
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 0 0.0   30 to 34 percent 84 7.3
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 11 0.4   35 percent or more 236 20.5
No telephone service 190 6.4   Not computed 105 9.1
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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