DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Onondaga 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 7,952 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 7,669 100.0
1-unit, detached 6,409 80.6   1.00 or less 7,630 99.5
1-unit, attached 145 1.8   1.01 to 1.50 31 0.4
2 units 156 2.0   1.51 or more 8 0.1
3 or 4 units 226 2.8        
5 to 9 units 680 8.6             Specified owner-occupied units 5,650 100.0
10 to 19 units 40 0.5   VALUE    
20 or more units 290 3.6   Less than $50,000 227 4.0
Mobile home 6 0.1   $50,000 to $99,999 2,363 41.8
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 1,876 33.2
        $150,000 to $199,000 771 13.6
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 308 5.5
1999 to March 2000 110 1.4   $300,000 to $499,999 82 1.5
1995 to 1998 294 3.7   $500,000 to $999,999 23 0.4
1990 to 1994 732 9.2   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 1,012 12.7   Median (dollars) 106,400 (X)
1970 to 1979 1,366 17.2        
1960 to 1969 1,027 12.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 2,005 25.2    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 1,406 17.7   With a mortgage 3,847 68.1
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 73 1.3
1 room 12 0.2        $500 to $699 209 3.7
2 rooms 85 1.1        $700 to $999 956 16.9
3 rooms 406 5.1        $1,000 to $1,499 1,595 28.2
4 rooms 847 10.7        $1,500 to $1,999 764 13.5
5 rooms 1,189 15.0        $2,000 or more 250 4.4
6 rooms 1,643 20.7        Median (dollars) 1,212 (X)
7 rooms 1,238 15.6   Not mortgaged 1,803 31.9
8 rooms 1,327 16.7        Median (dollars) 406 (X)
9 rooms 1,205 15.2        
Median (rooms) 6.4 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 7,669 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 2,009 35.6
1999 to March 2000 928 12.1   15 to 19 percent 1,117 19.8
1995 to 1998 1,699 22.2   20 to 24 percent 896 15.9
1990 to 1994 1,263 16.5   25 to 29 percent 481 8.5
1980 to 1989 1,579 20.6   30 to 34 percent 410 7.3
1970 to 1979 1,008 13.1   35 percent or more 714 12.6
1969 or earlier 1,192 15.5   Not completed 23 0.4
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 1,612 100.0
None 447 5.8   GROSS RENT    
1 2,356 30.7   Less than $200 32 2.0
2 3,773 49.2   $200 to $299 30 1.9
3 or more 1,093 14.3   $300 to $499 174 10.8
        $500 to $749 918 56.9
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 297 18.4
Utility Gas 6,009 78.4   $1,000 to $1,499 29 1.8
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 173 2.3   $1,500 or more 70 4.3
Electricity 540 7.0   No cash rent 62 3.8
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 768 10.0   Median (dollars) 668 (X)
Coal or coke 6 0.1        
Wood 161 2.1   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 12 0.2   Less than 15 percent 315 19.5
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 251 15.6
        20 to 24 percent 172 10.7
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 151 9.4
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 13 0.2   30 to 34 percent 89 5.5
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 539 33.4
No telephone service 24 0.3   Not computed 95 5.9
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.