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Wilkes County:Reddies River Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

3,716

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

59

1985 to 1988

351

1980 to 1984

491

1970 to 1979

1,114

1960 to 1969

816

1950 to 1959

339

1940 to 1949

317

1939 or earlier

229
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

100

2 bedrooms

1,265

3 bedrooms

2,064

4 bedrooms

264

5 or more bedrooms

23
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

53

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

23

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

2,908

Individual drilled well

553

Individual dug well

135

Some other source

120
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

386

Septic tank or cesspool

3,226

Other means

104
   

Occupied housing units

3,491

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

7

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

192

Electricity

1,317

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

1,502

Coal or coke

0

Wood

452

Solar energy

15

Other fuel

6

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

446

1985 to 1988

861

1980 to 1984

567

1970 to 1979

790

1960 to 1969

491

1959 or earlier

336
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

270
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

226

1

817

2

1,481

3 or more

967
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

1,922

With a mortgage

1,165

Less than $300

70

$300 to $499

443

$500 to $699

359

$700 to $999

258

$1,000 to $1,499

35

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

528
   

Not mortgaged

757

Less than $100

85

$100 to $199

533

$200 to $299

125

$300 to $399

6

$400 or more

8
   

Median (dollars)

148
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

1,922

Less than 20 percent

1,104

20 to 24 percent

248

25 to 29 percent

200

30 to 34 percent

151

35 percent or more

204

Not computed

15
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

550

Less than $200

47

$200 to $299

146

$300 to $499

233

$500 to $749

55

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

69
   

Median (dollars)

316
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

550

Less than 20 percent

228

20 to 24 percent

56

25 to 29 percent

28

30 to 34 percent

33

35 percent or more

126

Not computed

79
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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