DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Otisco 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 1,200 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 922 100.0
1-unit, detached 917 76.4   1.00 or less 886 96.1
1-unit, attached 8 0.7   1.01 to 1.50 36 3.9
2 units 47 3.9   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 47 3.9        
5 to 9 units 26 2.2             Specified owner-occupied units 520 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 5 0.4   Less than $50,000 25 4.8
Mobile home 150 12.5   $50,000 to $99,999 301 57.9
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 150 28.8
        $150,000 to $199,000 26 5.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 18 3.5
1999 to March 2000 14 1.2   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 84 7.0   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 101 8.4   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 183 15.3   Median (dollars) 88,900 (X)
1970 to 1979 178 14.8        
1960 to 1969 109 9.1   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 240 20.0    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 291 24.3   With a mortgage 405 77.9
             Less than $300 4 0.8
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 16 3.1
1 room 4 0.3        $500 to $699 47 9.0
2 rooms 8 0.7        $700 to $999 161 31.0
3 rooms 50 4.2        $1,000 to $1,499 157 30.2
4 rooms 180 15.0        $1,500 to $1,999 16 3.1
5 rooms 270 22.5        $2,000 or more 4 0.8
6 rooms 233 19.4        Median (dollars) 964 (X)
7 rooms 190 15.8   Not mortgaged 115 22.1
8 rooms 138 11.5        Median (dollars) 370 (X)
9 rooms 127 10.6        
Median (rooms) 5.9 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 922 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 173 33.3
1999 to March 2000 103 11.2   15 to 19 percent 87 16.7
1995 to 1998 231 25.1   20 to 24 percent 73 14.0
1990 to 1994 164 17.8   25 to 29 percent 87 16.7
1980 to 1989 223 24.2   30 to 34 percent 26 5.0
1970 to 1979 133 14.4   35 percent or more 70 13.5
1969 or earlier 68 7.4   Not completed 4 0.8
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 156 100.0
None 30 3.3   GROSS RENT    
1 267 29.0   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 461 50.0   $200 to $299 11 7.1
3 or more 164 17.8   $300 to $499 52 33.3
        $500 to $749 82 52.6
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 5 3.2
Utility Gas 124 13.4   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 196 21.3   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 97 10.5   No cash rent 6 3.8
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 370 40.1   Median (dollars) 514 (X)
Coal or coke 25 2.7        
Wood 106 11.5   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 4 0.4   Less than 15 percent 36 23.1
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 33 21.2
        20 to 24 percent 16 10.3
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 35 22.4
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 0 0.0   30 to 34 percent 10 6.4
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 3 0.3   35 percent or more 20 12.8
No telephone service 13 1.4   Not computed 6 3.8
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.