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Wilkes County:Wilkesboro Township:2000

DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 4,296 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 4,027 100.0
1-unit, detached 2,793 65.0   1.00 or less 3,949 98.1
1-unit, attached 65 1.5   1.01 to 1.50 57 1.4
2 units 28 0.7   1.51 or more 21 0.5
3 or 4 units 130 3.0        
5 to 9 units 264 6.1             Specified owner-occupied units 2,062 100.0
10 to 19 units 95 2.2   VALUE    
20 or more units 52 1.2   Less than $50,000 131 6.4
Mobile home 862 20.1   $50,000 to $99,999 747 36.2
Boat, RV, van, etc. 7 0.2   $100,000 to $149,999 467 22.6
        $150,000 to $199,000 281 13.6
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 323 15.7
1999 to March 2000 77 1.8   $300,000 to $499,999 107 5.2
1995 to 1998 349 8.1   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 392 9.1   $1,000,000 or more 6 0.3
1980 to 1989 976 22.7   Median (dollars) 118,400 (X)
1970 to 1979 773 18.0        
1960 to 1969 662 15.4   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 804 18.7    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 263 6.1   With a mortgage 1,179 57.2
             Less than $300 8 0.4
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 98 4.8
1 room 7 0.2        $500 to $699 202 9.8
2 rooms 108 2.5        $700 to $999 312 15.1
3 rooms 252 5.9        $1,000 to $1,499 336 16.3
4 rooms 899 20.9        $1,500 to $1,999 134 6.5
5 rooms 1,196 27.8        $2,000 or more 89 4.3
6 rooms 656 15.3        Median (dollars) 967 (X)
7 rooms 396 9.2   Not mortgaged 883 42.8
8 rooms 389 9.1        Median (dollars) 233 (X)
9 rooms 393 9.1        
Median (rooms) 5.2 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 4,027 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 996 48.3
1999 to March 2000 667 16.6   15 to 19 percent 373 18.1
1995 to 1998 1,036 25.7   20 to 24 percent 202 9.8
1990 to 1994 690 17.1   25 to 29 percent 140 6.8
1980 to 1989 653 16.2   30 to 34 percent 37 1.8
1970 to 1979 389 9.7   35 percent or more 279 13.5
1969 or earlier 592 14.7   Not completed 35 1.7
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 1,287 100.0
None 304 7.5   GROSS RENT    
1 1,307 32.5   Less than $200 97 7.5
2 1,520 37.7   $200 to $299 116 9.0
3 or more 896 22.2   $300 to $499 611 47.5
        $500 to $749 273 21.2
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 27 2.1
Utility Gas 6 0.1   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 378 9.4   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 2,340 58.1   No cash rent 163 12.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 1,181 29.3   Median (dollars) 424 (X)
Coal or coke 9 0.2        
Wood 101 2.5   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 12 0.3   Less than 15 percent 355 27.6
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 127 9.9
        20 to 24 percent 112 8.7
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 156 12.1
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 7 0.2   30 to 34 percent 91 7.1
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 7 0.2   35 percent or more 235 18.3
No telephone service 209 5.2   Not computed 211 16.4
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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