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General Housing Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

OCCUPANCY STATUS

   

Total housing units

845

100.0

Occupied housing units 748 88.5
Vacant housing units 97 11.5
     

TENURE

   

Occupied housing units

748

100.0

Owner-occupied housing units 400 53.5
Renter-occupied housing units 348 46.5
     

VACANCY STATUS

   

Vacant housing units

97

100.0

For rent 27 27.8
For sale only 9 9.3
Rented or sold, not occupied 3 3.1
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 16 16.5
For migratory workers 0 0.0
Other vacant 42 43.3
     

RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

748

100.0

One race 741 99.1

White

717 95.9

Black or African American

14 1.9

American Indian and Alaska Native

3 0.4

Asian

3 0.4

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

0 0.0

Some other race

4 0.5
Two or more races 7 0.9
     

HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

748

100.0

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 18 2.4
Not Hispanic or Latino 730 97.6

White alone

704 94.1
     

AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

748

100.0

15 to 24 years 31 4.1
25 to 34 years 85 11.4
35 to 44 years 109 14.6
45 to 54 years 112 15.0
55 to 64 years 108 14.4
65 years and over 303 40.5

65 to 74 years

132 17.6

75 to 84 years

120 16.0

85 years and over

51 6.8
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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