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Wilkes County:Union Township:2000

DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 630 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 452 100.0
1-unit, detached 456 72.4   1.00 or less 452 100.0
1-unit, attached 7 1.1   1.01 to 1.50 0 0.0
2 units 0 0.0   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 0 0.0        
5 to 9 units 0 0.0             Specified owner-occupied units 166 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 26 15.7
Mobile home 167 26.5   $50,000 to $99,999 59 35.5
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 67 40.4
        $150,000 to $199,000 14 8.4
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 0 0.0
1999 to March 2000 10 1.6   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 65 10.3   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 19 3.0   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 156 24.8   Median (dollars) 98,600 (X)
1970 to 1979 156 24.8        
1960 to 1969 70 11.1   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 114 18.1    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 40 6.3   With a mortgage 61 36.7
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 0 0.0
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 29 17.5
2 rooms 46 7.3        $700 to $999 13 7.8
3 rooms 20 3.2        $1,000 to $1,499 19 11.4
4 rooms 147 23.3        $1,500 to $1,999 0 0.0
5 rooms 173 27.5        $2,000 or more 0 0.0
6 rooms 133 21.1        Median (dollars) 812 (X)
7 rooms 34 5.4   Not mortgaged 105 63.3
8 rooms 42 6.7        Median (dollars) 190 (X)
9 rooms 35 5.6        
Median (rooms) 5.1 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 452 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 91 54.8
1999 to March 2000 33 7.3   15 to 19 percent 18 10.8
1995 to 1998 90 19.9   20 to 24 percent 7 4.2
1990 to 1994 76 16.8   25 to 29 percent 14 8.4
1980 to 1989 121 26.8   30 to 34 percent 9 5.4
1970 to 1979 92 20.4   35 percent or more 27 16.3
1969 or earlier 40 8.8   Not completed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 51 100.0
None 32 7.1   GROSS RENT    
1 53 11.7   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 186 41.2   $200 to $299 22 43.1
3 or more 181 40.0   $300 to $499 10 19.6
        $500 to $749 0 0.0
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 0 0.0
Utility Gas 0 0.0   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 72 15.9   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 151 33.4   No cash rent 19 37.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 177 39.2   Median (dollars) 279 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 52 11.5   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 22 43.1
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 6 11.8
        20 to 24 percent 0 0.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 0 0.0
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 9 2.0   30 to 34 percent 0 0.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 4 7.8
No telephone service 9 2.0   Not computed 19 37.3
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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