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DP5:Housing Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

Total housing units

747

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

16

1985 to 1988

93

1980 to 1984

114

1970 to 1979

120

1960 to 1969

115

1950 to 1959

137

1940 to 1949

59

1939 or earlier

93
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

9

1 bedroom

118

2 bedrooms

243

3 bedrooms

298

4 bedrooms

63

5 or more bedrooms

16
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

7

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

10

Condominium housing units

24
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

737

Individual drilled well

4

Individual dug well

2

Some other source

4
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

717

Septic tank or cesspool

30

Other means

0
   

Occupied housing units

673

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

3

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

12

Electricity

169

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

429

Coal or coke

4

Wood

53

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

3

No fuel used

0
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

117

1985 to 1988

175

1980 to 1984

86

1970 to 1979

138

1960 to 1969

80

1959 or earlier

77
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

74
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

140

1

234

2

182

3 or more

117
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

329

With a mortgage

117

Less than $300

14

$300 to $499

35

$500 to $699

35

$700 to $999

15

$1,000 to $1,499

18

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

559
   

Not mortgaged

212

Less than $100

16

$100 to $199

119

$200 to $299

60

$300 to $399

13

$400 or more

4
   

Median (dollars)

171
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

329

Less than 20 percent

205

20 to 24 percent

35

25 to 29 percent

29

30 to 34 percent

21

35 percent or more

39

Not computed

0
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

263

Less than $200

98

$200 to $299

81

$300 to $499

62

$500 to $749

0

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

22
   

Median (dollars)

229
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

263

Less than 20 percent

62

20 to 24 percent

39

25 to 29 percent

50

30 to 34 percent

19

35 percent or more

71

Not computed

22

 

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