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General Housing Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

OCCUPANCY STATUS

   

Total housing units

1,382

100.0

Occupied housing units 1,305 94.4
Vacant housing units 77 5.6
     

TENURE

   

Occupied housing units

1,305

100.0

Owner-occupied housing units 749 57.4
Renter-occupied housing units 556 42.6
     

VACANCY STATUS

   

Vacant housing units

77

100.0

For rent 31 40.3
For sale only 16 20.8
Rented or sold, not occupied 6 7.8
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 8 10.4
For migratory workers 0 0.0
Other vacant 16 20.8
     

RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

1,305

100.0

One race 1,301 99.7

White

1,140 87.4

Black or African American

123 9.4

American Indian and Alaska Native

5 0.4

Asian

20 1.5

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

0 0.0

Some other race

13 1.0
Two or more races 4 0.3
     

HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

1,305

100.0

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 39 3.0
Not Hispanic or Latino 1,266 97.0

White alone

1,115 85.4
     

AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

1,305

100.0

15 to 24 years 88 6.7
25 to 34 years 204 15.6
35 to 44 years 243 18.6
45 to 54 years 273 20.9
55 to 64 years 154 11.8
65 years and over 343 26.3

65 to 74 years

183 14.0

75 to 84 years

120 9.2

85 years and over

40 3.1
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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