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Wilkes County:Rock Creek Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

2,070

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

59

1985 to 1988

106

1980 to 1984

229

1970 to 1979

720

1960 to 1969

342

1950 to 1959

236

1940 to 1949

176

1939 or earlier

202
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

47

2 bedrooms

758

3 bedrooms

1,044

4 bedrooms

150

5 or more bedrooms

71
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

28

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

34

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

1,570

Individual drilled well

391

Individual dug well

73

Some other source

36
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

91

Septic tank or cesspool

1,979

Other means

0
   

Occupied housing units

1,940

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

113

Electricity

709

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

790

Coal or coke

17

Wood

302

Solar energy

9

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

246

1985 to 1988

463

1980 to 1984

227

1970 to 1979

487

1960 to 1969

233

1959 or earlier

284
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

91
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

162

1

465

2

790

3 or more

523
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

941

With a mortgage

587

Less than $300

90

$300 to $499

206

$500 to $699

167

$700 to $999

108

$1,000 to $1,499

16

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

498
   

Not mortgaged

354

Less than $100

18

$100 to $199

280

$200 to $299

49

$300 to $399

0

$400 or more

7
   

Median (dollars)

152
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

941

Less than 20 percent

568

20 to 24 percent

147

25 to 29 percent

76

30 to 34 percent

41

35 percent or more

109

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

310

Less than $200

36

$200 to $299

95

$300 to $499

108

$500 to $749

8

$750 to $999

13

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

50
   

Median (dollars)

299
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

310

Less than 20 percent

135

20 to 24 percent

13

25 to 29 percent

29

30 to 34 percent

33

35 percent or more

31

Not computed

69
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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