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DP5:Housing Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

Total housing units

1,079

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

0

1985 to 1988

47

1980 to 1984

68

1970 to 1979

291

1960 to 1969

390

1950 to 1959

127

1940 to 1949

112

1939 or earlier

44
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

0

1 bedroom

91

2 bedrooms

372

3 bedrooms

457

4 bedrooms

143

5 or more bedrooms

16
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

0

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

0

Condominium housing units

0
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

1,072

Individual drilled well

0

Individual dug well

7

Some other source

0
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

1,025

Septic tank or cesspool

54

Other means

0
   

Occupied housing units

1,043

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

0

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

25

Electricity

475

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

528

Coal or coke

0

Wood

11

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

4
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

190

1985 to 1988

291

1980 to 1984

135

1970 to 1979

184

1960 to 1969

157

1959 or earlier

86
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

63
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

107

1

393

2

309

3 or more

234
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

572

With a mortgage

266

Less than $300

24

$300 to $499

57

$500 to $699

54

$700 to $999

117

$1,000 to $1,499

14

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

691
   

Not mortgaged

306

Less than $100

0

$100 to $199

198

$200 to $299

68

$300 to $399

28

$400 or more

12
   

Median (dollars)

182
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

572

Less than 20 percent

405

20 to 24 percent

68

25 to 29 percent

51

30 to 34 percent

6

35 percent or more

42

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

412

Less than $200

83

$200 to $299

92

$300 to $499

198

$500 to $749

26

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

13
   

Median (dollars)

313
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

412

Less than 20 percent

90

20 to 24 percent

103

25 to 29 percent

62

30 to 34 percent

25

35 percent or more

119

Not computed

13

 

 
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census1990.
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