DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Ira 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 867 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 822 100.0
1-unit, detached 665 76.7   1.00 or less 805 97.9
1-unit, attached 3 0.3   1.01 to 1.50 17 2.1
2 units 38 4.4   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 12 1.4        
5 to 9 units 12 1.4             Specified owner-occupied units 362 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 41 11.3
Mobile home 137 15.8   $50,000 to $99,999 258 71.3
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 42 11.6
        $150,000 to $199,000 13 3.6
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 4 1.1
1999 to March 2000 15 1.7   $300,000 to $499,999 4 1.1
1995 to 1998 72 8.3   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 82 9.5   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 100 11.5   Median (dollars) 75,800 (X)
1970 to 1979 119 13.7        
1960 to 1969 44 5.1   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 42 4.8    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 393 45.3   With a mortgage 253 69.9
             Less than $300 3 0.8
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 13 3.6
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 45 12.4
2 rooms 4 0.5        $700 to $999 104 28.7
3 rooms 23 2.7        $1,000 to $1,499 73 20.2
4 rooms 78 9.0        $1,500 to $1,999 10 2.8
5 rooms 178 20.5        $2,000 or more 5 1.4
6 rooms 175 20.2        Median (dollars) 886 (X)
7 rooms 162 18.7   Not mortgaged 109 30.1
8 rooms 106 12.2        Median (dollars) 338 (X)
9 rooms 141 16.3        
Median (rooms) 6.4 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 822 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 153 42.3
1999 to March 2000 87 10.6   15 to 19 percent 52 14.4
1995 to 1998 173 21.0   20 to 24 percent 53 14.6
1990 to 1994 183 22.3   25 to 29 percent 33 9.1
1980 to 1989 156 19.0   30 to 34 percent 24 6.6
1970 to 1979 113 13.7   35 percent or more 47 13.0
1969 or earlier 110 13.4   Not completed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 89 100.0
None 26 3.2   GROSS RENT    
1 189 23.0   Less than $200 3 3.4
2 436 53.0   $200 to $299 6 6.7
3 or more 171 20.8   $300 to $499 22 24.7
        $500 to $749 42 47.2
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 5 5.6
Utility Gas 7 0.9   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 216 26.3   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 28 3.4   No cash rent 11 12.4
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 435 52.9   Median (dollars) 533 (X)
Coal or coke 3 0.4        
Wood 129 15.7   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 4 0.5   Less than 15 percent 9 10.1
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 12 13.5
        20 to 24 percent 11 12.4
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 6 6.7
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 4 0.5   30 to 34 percent 8 9.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 2 0.2   35 percent or more 28 31.5
No telephone service 3 0.4   Not computed 15 16.9
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.