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DP5:Housing Characteristics:1990


Subject

Number

Total housing units

7,994

   

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

194

1985 to 1988

943

1980 to 1984

1,073

1970 to 1979

2,151

1960 to 1969

1,005

1950 to 1959

920

1940 to 1949

554

1939 or earlier

1,154
   

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

71

1 bedroom

522

2 bedrooms

3,012

3 bedrooms

3,658

4 bedrooms

611

5 or more bedrooms

120
   

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

404

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

240

Condominium housing units

55
   

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

1,601

Individual drilled well

2,298

Individual dug well

494

Some other source

3,601
   

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

1,161

Septic tank or cesspool

6,247

Other means

586
   

Occupied housing units

6,124

   

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

11

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

153

Electricity

487

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

3,819

Coal or coke

26

Wood

1,620

Solar energy

3

Other fuel

3

No fuel used

2
   

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

777

1985 to 1988

1,347

1980 to 1984

804

1970 to 1979

1,493

1960 to 1969

677

1959 or earlier

1,026
   

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

788
   

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

733

1

1,767

2

2,393

3 or more

1,231
   

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

2,651

With a mortgage

982

Less than $300

150

$300 to $499

350

$500 to $699

294

$700 to $999

141

$1,000 to $1,499

47

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0
   

Median (dollars)

495
   

Not mortgaged

1,669

Less than $100

248

$100 to $199

1,105

$200 to $299

279

$300 to $399

33

$400 or more

4
   

Median (dollars)

147
   

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

2,651

Less than 20 percent

1,669

20 to 24 percent

314

25 to 29 percent

224

30 to 34 percent

147

35 percent or more

274

Not computed

23
   

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

978

Less than $200

190

$200 to $299

289

$300 to $499

251

$500 to $749

5

$750 to $999

0

$1,000 or more

0

No cash rent

243
   

Median (dollars)

259
   

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

978

Less than 20 percent

260

20 to 24 percent

82

25 to 29 percent

96

30 to 34 percent

62

35 percent or more

228

Not computed

250

 

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