DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Sterling 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 1,922 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,337 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,372 71.4   1.00 or less 1,303 97.5
1-unit, attached 20 1.0   1.01 to 1.50 34 2.5
2 units 30 1.6   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 12 0.6        
5 to 9 units 8 0.4             Specified owner-occupied units 603 100.0
10 to 19 units 4 0.2   VALUE    
20 or more units 35 1.8   Less than $50,000 130 21.6
Mobile home 382 19.9   $50,000 to $99,999 340 56.4
Boat, RV, van, etc. 59 3.1   $100,000 to $149,999 97 16.1
        $150,000 to $199,000 12 2.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 16 2.7
1999 to March 2000 24 1.2   $300,000 to $499,999 8 1.3
1995 to 1998 81 4.2   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 152 7.9   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 309 16.1   Median (dollars) 66,100 (X)
1970 to 1979 301 15.7        
1960 to 1969 118 6.1   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 224 11.7    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 713 37.1   With a mortgage 353 58.5
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 21 3.5
1 room 53 2.8        $500 to $699 55 9.1
2 rooms 53 2.8        $700 to $999 144 23.9
3 rooms 106 5.5        $1,000 to $1,499 112 18.6
4 rooms 341 17.7        $1,500 to $1,999 16 2.7
5 rooms 452 23.5        $2,000 or more 5 0.8
6 rooms 320 16.6        Median (dollars) 859 (X)
7 rooms 258 13.4   Not mortgaged 250 41.5
8 rooms 182 9.5        Median (dollars) 281 (X)
9 rooms 157 8.2        
Median (rooms) 5.4 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 1,337 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 236 39.1
1999 to March 2000 135 10.1   15 to 19 percent 106 17.6
1995 to 1998 333 24.9   20 to 24 percent 57 9.5
1990 to 1994 242 18.1   25 to 29 percent 41 6.8
1980 to 1989 271 20.3   30 to 34 percent 42 7.0
1970 to 1979 156 11.7   35 percent or more 115 19.1
1969 or earlier 200 15.0   Not completed 6 1.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 240 100.0
None 109 8.2   GROSS RENT    
1 405 30.3   Less than $200 16 6.7
2 589 44.1   $200 to $299 18 7.5
3 or more 234 17.5   $300 to $499 66 27.5
        $500 to $749 104 43.3
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 14 5.8
Utility Gas 19 1.4   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 460 34.4   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 96 7.2   No cash rent 22 9.2
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 588 44.0   Median (dollars) 516 (X)
Coal or coke 19 1.4        
Wood 127 9.5   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 26 1.9   Less than 15 percent 26 10.8
No fuel used 2 0.1   15 to 19 percent 35 14.6
        20 to 24 percent 20 8.3
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 23 9.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 11 0.8   30 to 34 percent 42 17.5
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 8 0.6   35 percent or more 64 26.7
No telephone service 45 3.4   Not computed 30 12.5
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.