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Yancey County:Pensacola Township:2000

DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 706 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 255 100.0
1-unit, detached 615 87.1   1.00 or less 250 98.0
1-unit, attached 5 0.7   1.01 to 1.50 4 1.6
2 units 0 0.0   1.51 or more 1 0.4
3 or 4 units 2 0.3        
5 to 9 units 3 0.4             Specified owner-occupied units 117 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 12 10.3
Mobile home 79 11.2   $50,000 to $99,999 72 61.5
Boat, RV, van, etc. 2 0.3   $100,000 to $149,999 16 13.7
        $150,000 to $199,000 10 8.5
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 2 1.7
1999 to March 2000 193 27.3   $300,000 to $499,999 5 4.3
1995 to 1998 29 4.1   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 25 3.5   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 114 16.1   Median (dollars) 89,600 (X)
1970 to 1979 96 13.6        
1960 to 1969 84 11.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 106 15.0    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 59 8.4   With a mortgage 61 52.1
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 8 6.8
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 6 5.1
2 rooms 15 2.1        $700 to $999 29 24.8
3 rooms 31 4.4        $1,000 to $1,499 8 6.8
4 rooms 144 20.4        $1,500 to $1,999 7 6.0
5 rooms 217 30.7        $2,000 or more 3 2.6
6 rooms 148 21.0        Median (dollars) 792 (X)
7 rooms 62 8.8   Not mortgaged 56 47.9
8 rooms 35 5.0        Median (dollars) 197 (X)
9 rooms 54 7.6        
Median (rooms) 5.3 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 255 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 62 53.0
1999 to March 2000 34 13.3   15 to 19 percent 11 9.4
1995 to 1998 60 23.5   20 to 24 percent 7 6.0
1990 to 1994 33 12.9   25 to 29 percent 27 23.1
1980 to 1989 42 16.5   30 to 34 percent 0 0.0
1970 to 1979 38 14.9   35 percent or more 10 8.5
1969 or earlier 48 18.8   Not completed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 31 100.0
None 7 2.7   GROSS RENT    
1 52 20.4   Less than $200 3 9.7
2 127 49.8   $200 to $299 9 29.0
3 or more 69 27.1   $300 to $499 7 22.6
        $500 to $749 5 16.1
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 36 14.1   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 17 6.7   No cash rent 7 22.6
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 182 71.4   Median (dollars) 325 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 20 7.8   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 7 22.6
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 2 6.5
        20 to 24 percent 5 16.1
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 7 22.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 2 0.8   30 to 34 percent 3 9.7
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 2 0.8   35 percent or more 0 0.0
No telephone service 6 2.4   Not computed 7 22.6
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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