DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Cayuga County
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 35,477 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 30,558 100.0
1-unit, detached 22,627 63.8   1.00 or less 30,139 98.6
1-unit, attached 385 1.1   1.01 to 1.50 335 1.1
2 units 3,557 10.0   1.51 or more 84 0.3
3 or 4 units 1,880 5.3        
5 to 9 units 906 2.6             Specified owner-occupied units 14,929 100.0
10 to 19 units 764 2.2   VALUE    
20 or more units 891 2.5   Less than $50,000 1,981 13.3
Mobile home 4,332 12.2   $50,000 to $99,999 9,608 64.4
Boat, RV, van, etc. 135 0.4   $100,000 to $149,999 2,109 14.1
        $150,000 to $199,000 712 4.8
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 339 2.3
1999 to March 2000 333 0.9   $300,000 to $499,999 137 0.9
1995 to 1998 1,242 3.5   $500,000 to $999,999 12 0.1
1990 to 1994 1,861 5.2   $1,000,000 or more 31 0.2
1980 to 1989 3,829 10.8   Median (dollars) 75,300 (X)
1970 to 1979 4,249 12.0        
1960 to 1969 3,074 8.7   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 4,933 13.9    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 15,956 45.0   With a mortgage 9,372 62.8
             Less than $300 22 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 429 2.9
1 room 368 1.0        $500 to $699 1,500 10.0
2 rooms 742 2.1        $700 to $999 3,720 24.9
3 rooms 2,271 6.4        $1,000 to $1,499 2,844 19.1
4 rooms 4,695 13.2        $1,500 to $1,999 600 4.0
5 rooms 7,141 20.1        $2,000 or more 257 1.7
6 rooms 6,944 19.6        Median (dollars) 921 (X)
7 rooms 5,481 15.4   Not mortgaged 5,557 37.2
8 rooms 3,852 10.9        Median (dollars) 375 (X)
9 rooms 3,983 11.2        
Median (rooms) 5.9 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 30,558 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 5,291 35.4
1999 to March 2000 4,365 14.3   15 to 19 percent 2,830 19.0
1995 to 1998 6,887 22.5   20 to 24 percent 2,174 14.6
1990 to 1994 5,061 16.6   25 to 29 percent 1,486 10.0
1980 to 1989 5,979 19.6   30 to 34 percent 835 5.6
1970 to 1979 3,514 11.5   35 percent or more 2,232 15.0
1969 or earlier 4,752 15.6   Not completed 81 0.5
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 8,349 100.0
None 2,920 9.6   GROSS RENT    
1 10,671 34.9   Less than $200 571 6.8
2 12,623 41.3   $200 to $299 616 7.4
3 or more 4,344 14.2   $300 to $499 3,011 36.1
        $500 to $749 2,780 33.3
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 638 7.6
Utility Gas 15,263 49.9   $1,000 to $1,499 104 1.2
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 3,504 11.5   $1,500 or more 23 0.3
Electricity 2,686 8.8   No cash rent 606 7.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 7,329 24.0   Median (dollars) 482 (X)
Coal or coke 132 0.4        
Wood 1,401 4.6   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 3 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 201 0.7   Less than 15 percent 1,450 17.4
No fuel used 39 0.1   15 to 19 percent 1,307 15.7
        20 to 24 percent 922 11.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 799 9.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 131 0.4   30 to 34 percent 527 6.3
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 114 0.4   35 percent or more 2,651 31.8
No telephone service 539 1.8   Not computed 693 8.3
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.