DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Owasco 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 1,608 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,425 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,502 93.4   1.00 or less 1,425 100.0
1-unit, attached 48 3.0   1.01 to 1.50 0 0.0
2 units 27 1.7   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 10 0.6        
5 to 9 units 0 0.0             Specified owner-occupied units 1,187 100.0
10 to 19 units 5 0.3   VALUE    
20 or more units 5 0.3   Less than $50,000 38 3.2
Mobile home 5 0.3   $50,000 to $99,999 642 54.1
Boat, RV, van, etc. 6 0.4   $100,000 to $149,999 146 12.3
        $150,000 to $199,000 153 12.9
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 127 10.7
1999 to March 2000 33 2.1   $300,000 to $499,999 65 5.5
1995 to 1998 57 3.5   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 98 6.1   $1,000,000 or more 16 1.3
1980 to 1989 100 6.2   Median (dollars) 91,800 (X)
1970 to 1979 109 6.8        
1960 to 1969 215 13.4   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 456 28.4    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 540 33.6   With a mortgage 850 71.6
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 17 1.4
1 room 6 0.4        $500 to $699 91 7.7
2 rooms 0 0.0        $700 to $999 296 24.9
3 rooms 24 1.5        $1,000 to $1,499 214 18.0
4 rooms 68 4.2        $1,500 to $1,999 122 10.3
5 rooms 250 15.5        $2,000 or more 110 9.3
6 rooms 397 24.7        Median (dollars) 1,045 (X)
7 rooms 365 22.7   Not mortgaged 337 28.4
8 rooms 326 20.3        Median (dollars) 359 (X)
9 rooms 172 10.7        
Median (rooms) 6.7 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 1,425 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 341 28.7
1999 to March 2000 143 10.0   15 to 19 percent 293 24.7
1995 to 1998 254 17.8   20 to 24 percent 223 18.8
1990 to 1994 245 17.2   25 to 29 percent 95 8.0
1980 to 1989 305 21.4   30 to 34 percent 70 5.9
1970 to 1979 187 13.1   35 percent or more 159 13.4
1969 or earlier 291 20.4   Not completed 6 0.5
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 114 100.0
None 39 2.7   GROSS RENT    
1 361 25.3   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 799 56.1   $200 to $299 3 2.6
3 or more 226 15.9   $300 to $499 27 23.7
        $500 to $749 50 43.9
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 0 0.0
Utility Gas 1,132 79.4   $1,000 to $1,499 11 9.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 44 3.1   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 22 1.5   No cash rent 23 20.2
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 187 13.1   Median (dollars) 574 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 38 2.7   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 2 0.1   Less than 15 percent 13 11.4
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 15 13.2
        20 to 24 percent 17 14.9
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 23 20.2
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 0 0.0   30 to 34 percent 0 0.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 20 17.5
No telephone service 0 0.0   Not computed 26 22.8
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.