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Wilkes County:Rock Creek Township:2000

DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 2,579 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 2,390 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,664 64.5   1.00 or less 2,348 98.2
1-unit, attached 35 1.4   1.01 to 1.50 22 0.9
2 units 9 0.3   1.51 or more 20 0.8
3 or 4 units 27 1.0        
5 to 9 units 0 0.0             Specified owner-occupied units 1,246 100.0
10 to 19 units 9 0.3   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 125 10.0
Mobile home 826 32.0   $50,000 to $99,999 756 60.7
Boat, RV, van, etc. 9 0.3   $100,000 to $149,999 240 19.3
        $150,000 to $199,000 93 7.5
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 23 1.8
1999 to March 2000 50 1.9   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 260 10.1   $500,000 to $999,999 9 0.7
1990 to 1994 248 9.6   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 509 19.7   Median (dollars) 82,800 (X)
1970 to 1979 601 23.3        
1960 to 1969 445 17.3   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 339 13.1    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 127 4.9   With a mortgage 674 54.1
             Less than $300 9 0.7
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 134 10.8
1 room 18 0.7        $500 to $699 206 16.5
2 rooms 18 0.7        $700 to $999 188 15.1
3 rooms 147 5.7        $1,000 to $1,499 99 7.9
4 rooms 670 26.0        $1,500 to $1,999 29 2.3
5 rooms 865 33.5        $2,000 or more 9 0.7
6 rooms 443 17.2        Median (dollars) 690 (X)
7 rooms 244 9.5   Not mortgaged 572 45.9
8 rooms 100 3.9        Median (dollars) 199 (X)
9 rooms 74 2.9        
Median (rooms) 5.0 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 2,390 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 595 47.8
1999 to March 2000 394 16.5   15 to 19 percent 158 12.7
1995 to 1998 557 23.3   20 to 24 percent 128 10.3
1990 to 1994 408 17.1   25 to 29 percent 51 4.1
1980 to 1989 323 13.5   30 to 34 percent 74 5.9
1970 to 1979 356 14.9   35 percent or more 203 16.3
1969 or earlier 352 14.7   Not completed 37 3.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 460 100.0
None 190 7.9   GROSS RENT    
1 597 25.0   Less than $200 18 3.9
2 961 40.2   $200 to $299 46 10.0
3 or more 642 26.9   $300 to $499 271 58.9
        $500 to $749 48 10.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 9 2.0
Utility Gas 9 0.4   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 454 19.0   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 1,157 48.4   No cash rent 68 14.8
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 691 28.9   Median (dollars) 409 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 44 1.8   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 9 0.4    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 8 0.3   Less than 15 percent 135 29.3
No fuel used 18 0.8   15 to 19 percent 45 9.8
        20 to 24 percent 53 11.5
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 18 3.9
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 9 0.4   30 to 34 percent 24 5.2
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 9 0.4   35 percent or more 108 23.5
No telephone service 113 4.7   Not computed 77 16.7
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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