DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Ledyard town
[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 888 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 609 100.0
1-unit, detached 714 80.4   1.00 or less 607 99.7
1-unit, attached 0 0.0   1.01 to 1.50 2 0.3
2 units 15 1.7   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 24 2.7        
5 to 9 units 11 1.2             Specified owner-occupied units 319 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 2 0.2   Less than $50,000 28 8.8
Mobile home 120 13.5   $50,000 to $99,999 161 50.5
Boat, RV, van, etc. 2 0.2   $100,000 to $149,999 71 22.3
        $150,000 to $199,000 31 9.7
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 13 4.1
1999 to March 2000 12 1.4   $300,000 to $499,999 13 4.1
1995 to 1998 37 4.2   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 118 13.3   $1,000,000 or more 2 0.6
1980 to 1989 107 12.0   Median (dollars) 90,200 (X)
1970 to 1979 96 10.8        
1960 to 1969 89 10.0   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 71 8.0    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 358 40.3   With a mortgage 184 57.7
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 8 2.5
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 26 8.2
2 rooms 21 2.4        $700 to $999 60 18.8
3 rooms 40 4.5        $1,000 to $1,499 74 23.2
4 rooms 80 9.0        $1,500 to $1,999 14 4.4
5 rooms 131 14.8        $2,000 or more 2 0.6
6 rooms 214 24.1        Median (dollars) 990 (X)
7 rooms 140 15.8   Not mortgaged 135 42.3
8 rooms 149 16.8        Median (dollars) 362 (X)
9 rooms 113 12.7        
Median (rooms) 6.3 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 609 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 130 40.8
1999 to March 2000 80 13.1   15 to 19 percent 61 19.1
1995 to 1998 130 21.3   20 to 24 percent 48 15.0
1990 to 1994 119 19.5   25 to 29 percent 31 9.7
1980 to 1989 104 17.1   30 to 34 percent 14 4.4
1970 to 1979 98 16.1   35 percent or more 35 11.0
1969 or earlier 78 12.8   Not completed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 122 100.0
None 17 2.8   GROSS RENT    
1 198 32.5   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 287 47.1   $200 to $299 0 0.0
3 or more 107 17.6   $300 to $499 49 40.2
        $500 to $749 31 25.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 20 16.4
Utility Gas 9 1.5   $1,000 to $1,499 4 3.3
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 134 22.0   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 44 7.2   No cash rent 18 14.8
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 388 63.7   Median (dollars) 519 (X)
Coal or coke 4 0.7        
Wood 28 4.6   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 2 0.3   Less than 15 percent 24 19.7
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 14 11.5
        20 to 24 percent 21 17.2
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 9 7.4
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 6 1.0   30 to 34 percent 2 1.6
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 32 26.2
No telephone service 10 1.6   Not computed 20 16.4
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.