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Yancey County:Burnsville Township:2000

DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 2,231 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,984 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,374 61.6   1.00 or less 1,944 98.0
1-unit, attached 37 1.7   1.01 to 1.50 24 1.2
2 units 51 2.3   1.51 or more 16 0.8
3 or 4 units 97 4.3        
5 to 9 units 56 2.5             Specified owner-occupied units 920 100.0
10 to 19 units 43 1.9   VALUE    
20 or more units 96 4.3   Less than $50,000 81 8.8
Mobile home 471 21.1   $50,000 to $99,999 366 39.8
Boat, RV, van, etc. 6 0.3   $100,000 to $149,999 250 27.2
        $150,000 to $199,000 123 13.4
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 54 5.9
1999 to March 2000 74 3.3   $300,000 to $499,999 36 3.9
1995 to 1998 203 9.1   $500,000 to $999,999 4 0.4
1990 to 1994 179 8.0   $1,000,000 or more 6 0.7
1980 to 1989 475 21.3   Median (dollars) 102,300 (X)
1970 to 1979 410 18.4        
1960 to 1969 236 10.6   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 399 17.9    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 255 11.4   With a mortgage 337 36.6
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 41 4.5
1 room 9 0.4        $500 to $699 74 8.0
2 rooms 91 4.1        $700 to $999 130 14.1
3 rooms 202 9.1        $1,000 to $1,499 75 8.2
4 rooms 470 21.1        $1,500 to $1,999 10 1.1
5 rooms 571 25.6        $2,000 or more 7 0.8
6 rooms 415 18.6        Median (dollars) 831 (X)
7 rooms 256 11.5   Not mortgaged 583 63.4
8 rooms 120 5.4        Median (dollars) 219 (X)
9 rooms 97 4.3        
Median (rooms) 5.1 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 1,984 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 479 52.1
1999 to March 2000 353 17.8   15 to 19 percent 137 14.9
1995 to 1998 467 23.5   20 to 24 percent 78 8.5
1990 to 1994 301 15.2   25 to 29 percent 55 6.0
1980 to 1989 337 17.0   30 to 34 percent 33 3.6
1970 to 1979 221 11.1   35 percent or more 118 12.8
1969 or earlier 305 15.4   Not completed 20 2.2
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 658 100.0
None 285 14.4   GROSS RENT    
1 630 31.8   Less than $200 129 19.6
2 685 34.5   $200 to $299 74 11.2
3 or more 384 19.4   $300 to $499 256 38.9
        $500 to $749 106 16.1
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 12 1.8
Utility Gas 4 0.2   $1,000 to $1,499 3 0.5
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 125 6.3   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 362 18.2   No cash rent 78 11.9
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 1,393 70.2   Median (dollars) 361 (X)
Coal or coke 2 0.1        
Wood 96 4.8   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 2 0.1    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 152 23.1
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 60 9.1
        20 to 24 percent 95 14.4
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 46 7.0
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 14 0.7   30 to 34 percent 42 6.4
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 4 0.2   35 percent or more 170 25.8
No telephone service 119 6.0   Not computed 93 14.1
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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