DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Throop 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 731 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 700 100.0
1-unit, detached 648 88.6   1.00 or less 696 99.4
1-unit, attached 11 1.5   1.01 to 1.50 4 0.6
2 units 17 2.3   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 8 1.1        
5 to 9 units 3 0.4             Specified owner-occupied units 480 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 2 0.3   Less than $50,000 25 5.2
Mobile home 42 5.7   $50,000 to $99,999 305 63.5
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 115 24.0
        $150,000 to $199,000 29 6.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 4 0.8
1999 to March 2000 10 1.4   $300,000 to $499,999 2 0.4
1995 to 1998 46 6.3   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 39 5.3   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 83 11.4   Median (dollars) 85,800 (X)
1970 to 1979 85 11.6        
1960 to 1969 97 13.3   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 116 15.9    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 255 34.9   With a mortgage 281 58.5
             Less than $300 2 0.4
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 17 3.5
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 53 11.0
2 rooms 2 0.3        $700 to $999 76 15.8
3 rooms 19 2.6        $1,000 to $1,499 106 22.1
4 rooms 47 6.4        $1,500 to $1,999 25 5.2
5 rooms 122 16.7        $2,000 or more 2 0.4
6 rooms 167 22.8        Median (dollars) 973 (X)
7 rooms 165 22.6   Not mortgaged 199 41.5
8 rooms 94 12.9        Median (dollars) 371 (X)
9 rooms 115 15.7        
Median (rooms) 6.6 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 700 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 182 37.9
1999 to March 2000 55 7.9   15 to 19 percent 98 20.4
1995 to 1998 126 18.0   20 to 24 percent 68 14.2
1990 to 1994 120 17.1   25 to 29 percent 27 5.6
1980 to 1989 159 22.7   30 to 34 percent 47 9.8
1970 to 1979 47 6.7   35 percent or more 53 11.0
1969 or earlier 193 27.6   Not completed 5 1.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 55 100.0
None 18 2.6   GROSS RENT    
1 206 29.4   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 350 50.0   $200 to $299 4 7.3
3 or more 126 18.0   $300 to $499 11 20.0
        $500 to $749 23 41.8
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 5 9.1
Utility Gas 343 49.0   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 86 12.3   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 27 3.9   No cash rent 12 21.8
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 192 27.4   Median (dollars) 554 (X)
Coal or coke 5 0.7        
Wood 45 6.4   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 2 0.3   Less than 15 percent 7 12.7
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 14 25.5
        20 to 24 percent 6 10.9
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 5 9.1
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 4 0.6   30 to 34 percent 2 3.6
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 2 0.3   35 percent or more 9 16.4
No telephone service 2 0.3   Not computed 12 21.8
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.