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Wilkes County:Somers Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

364

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

0

1985 to 1988

35

1980 to 1984

24

1970 to 1979

69

1960 to 1969

55

1950 to 1959

55

1940 to 1949

23

1939 or earlier

103
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

0

2 bedrooms

154

3 bedrooms

204

4 bedrooms

6

5 or more bedrooms

0
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

8

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

0

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

0

Individual drilled well

229

Individual dug well

52

Some other source

83
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

0

Septic tank or cesspool

349

Other means

15
   

Occupied housing units

364

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

23

Electricity

63

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

151

Coal or coke

0

Wood

127

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

29

1985 to 1988

39

1980 to 1984

55

1970 to 1979

101

1960 to 1969

42

1959 or earlier

98
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

32
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

37

1

63

2

120

3 or more

144
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

129

With a mortgage

36

Less than $300

0

$300 to $499

20

$500 to $699

8

$700 to $999

8

$1,000 to $1,499

0

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

490
   

Not mortgaged

93

Less than $100

14

$100 to $199

79

$200 to $299

0

$300 to $399

0

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

135
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

129

Less than 20 percent

93

20 to 24 percent

12

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

8

35 percent or more

16

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

18

Less than $200

0

$200 to $299

9

$300 to $499

0

$500 to $749

0

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

9
   

Median (dollars)

275
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

18

Less than 20 percent

9

20 to 24 percent

0

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

0

Not computed

9
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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