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Yancey County:Egypt Township:2000

DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 521 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 304 100.0
1-unit, detached 408 78.3   1.00 or less 296 97.4
1-unit, attached 0 0.0   1.01 to 1.50 8 2.6
2 units 0 0.0   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 31 6.0        
5 to 9 units 5 1.0             Specified owner-occupied units 80 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 13 16.3
Mobile home 72 13.8   $50,000 to $99,999 11 13.8
Boat, RV, van, etc. 5 1.0   $100,000 to $149,999 27 33.8
        $150,000 to $199,000 21 26.3
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 8 10.0
1999 to March 2000 25 4.8   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 32 6.1   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 96 18.4   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 69 13.2   Median (dollars) 121,100 (X)
1970 to 1979 98 18.8        
1960 to 1969 48 9.2   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 59 11.3    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 94 18.0   With a mortgage 48 60.0
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 5 6.3
1 room 11 2.1        $500 to $699 8 10.0
2 rooms 8 1.5        $700 to $999 6 7.5
3 rooms 17 3.3        $1,000 to $1,499 29 36.3
4 rooms 121 23.2        $1,500 to $1,999 0 0.0
5 rooms 139 26.7        $2,000 or more 0 0.0
6 rooms 91 17.5        Median (dollars) 1,057 (X)
7 rooms 56 10.7   Not mortgaged 32 40.0
8 rooms 51 9.8        Median (dollars) 175 (X)
9 rooms 27 5.2        
Median (rooms) 5.2 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 304 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 18 22.5
1999 to March 2000 18 5.9   15 to 19 percent 22 27.5
1995 to 1998 76 25.0   20 to 24 percent 13 16.3
1990 to 1994 92 30.3   25 to 29 percent 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 34 11.2   30 to 34 percent 6 7.5
1970 to 1979 23 7.6   35 percent or more 21 26.3
1969 or earlier 61 20.1   Not completed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 41 100.0
None 41 13.5   GROSS RENT    
1 70 23.0   Less than $200 8 19.5
2 133 43.8   $200 to $299 8 19.5
3 or more 60 19.7   $300 to $499 13 31.7
        $500 to $749 0 0.0
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 0 0.0
Utility Gas 0 0.0   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 19 6.3   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 27 8.9   No cash rent 12 29.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 200 65.8   Median (dollars) 291 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 58 19.1   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 22 53.7
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 7 17.1
        20 to 24 percent 0 0.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 0 0.0
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 6 2.0   30 to 34 percent 0 0.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 0 0.0
No telephone service 32 10.5   Not computed 12 29.3
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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