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Wilkes County:Union Township:1990

DP-5. Housing Characteristics

Subject Number

Total housing units

528

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

0

1985 to 1988

55

1980 to 1984

50

1970 to 1979

108

1960 to 1969

132

1950 to 1959

98

1940 to 1949

69

1939 or earlier

16
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

51

2 bedrooms

177

3 bedrooms

210

4 bedrooms

90

5 or more bedrooms

0
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

21

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

25

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

0

Individual drilled well

252

Individual dug well

27

Some other source

249
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

6

Septic tank or cesspool

487

Other means

35
   

Occupied housing units

396

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

49

Electricity

33

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

147

Coal or coke

0

Wood

167

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

23

1985 to 1988

58

1980 to 1984

74

1970 to 1979

104

1960 to 1969

83

1959 or earlier

54
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

48
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

42

1

75

2

154

3 or more

125
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

145

With a mortgage

50

Less than $300

18

$300 to $499

17

$500 to $699

4

$700 to $999

11

$1,000 to $1,499

0

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

364
   

Not mortgaged

95

Less than $100

15

$100 to $199

80

$200 to $299

0

$300 to $399

0

$400 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

124
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

145

Less than 20 percent

94

20 to 24 percent

12

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

18

35 percent or more

21

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

38

Less than $200

6

$200 to $299

7

$300 to $499

0

$500 to $749

0

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

25
   

Median (dollars)

254
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

38

Less than 20 percent

13

20 to 24 percent

0

25 to 29 percent

0

30 to 34 percent

0

35 percent or more

0

Not computed

25
   
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
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