DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Mentz 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 999 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 932 100.0
1-unit, detached 676 67.7   1.00 or less 917 98.4
1-unit, attached 10 1.0   1.01 to 1.50 12 1.3
2 units 52 5.2   1.51 or more 3 0.3
3 or 4 units 12 1.2        
5 to 9 units 9 0.9             Specified owner-occupied units 454 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 32 3.2   Less than $50,000 97 21.4
Mobile home 208 20.8   $50,000 to $99,999 330 72.7
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 27 5.9
        $150,000 to $199,000 0 0.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 0 0.0
1999 to March 2000 9 0.9   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 40 4.0   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 39 3.9   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 142 14.2   Median (dollars) 66,700 (X)
1970 to 1979 136 13.6        
1960 to 1969 89 8.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 110 11.0    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 434 43.4   With a mortgage 301 66.3
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 10 2.2
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 73 16.1
2 rooms 16 1.6        $700 to $999 102 22.5
3 rooms 61 6.1        $1,000 to $1,499 105 23.1
4 rooms 171 17.1        $1,500 to $1,999 9 2.0
5 rooms 198 19.8        $2,000 or more 2 0.4
6 rooms 223 22.3        Median (dollars) 904 (X)
7 rooms 153 15.3   Not mortgaged 153 33.7
8 rooms 96 9.6        Median (dollars) 391 (X)
9 rooms 81 8.1        
Median (rooms) 5.7 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 932 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 134 29.5
1999 to March 2000 120 12.9   15 to 19 percent 65 14.3
1995 to 1998 202 21.7   20 to 24 percent 69 15.2
1990 to 1994 148 15.9   25 to 29 percent 41 9.0
1980 to 1989 185 19.8   30 to 34 percent 22 4.8
1970 to 1979 148 15.9   35 percent or more 123 27.1
1969 or earlier 129 13.8   Not completed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 180 100.0
None 77 8.3   GROSS RENT    
1 321 34.4   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 397 42.6   $200 to $299 10 5.6
3 or more 137 14.7   $300 to $499 84 46.7
        $500 to $749 57 31.7
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 12 6.7
Utility Gas 421 45.2   $1,000 to $1,499 2 1.1
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 122 13.1   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 61 6.5   No cash rent 15 8.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 268 28.8   Median (dollars) 478 (X)
Coal or coke 8 0.9        
Wood 40 4.3   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 5 0.5   Less than 15 percent 15 8.3
No fuel used 7 0.8   15 to 19 percent 25 13.9
        20 to 24 percent 36 20.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 18 10.0
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 3 0.3   30 to 34 percent 13 7.2
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 2 0.2   35 percent or more 58 32.2
No telephone service 13 1.4   Not computed 15 8.3
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.