DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Salina 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 14,979 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 14,401 100.0
1-unit, detached 10,501 70.1   1.00 or less 14,214 98.7
1-unit, attached 549 3.7   1.01 to 1.50 149 1.0
2 units 791 5.3   1.51 or more 38 0.3
3 or 4 units 480 3.2        
5 to 9 units 828 5.5             Specified owner-occupied units 9,356 100.0
10 to 19 units 1,147 7.7   VALUE    
20 or more units 611 4.1   Less than $50,000 458 4.9
Mobile home 72 0.5   $50,000 to $99,999 7,539 80.6
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 1,019 10.9
        $150,000 to $199,000 220 2.4
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 69 0.7
1999 to March 2000 138 0.9   $300,000 to $499,999 40 0.4
1995 to 1998 231 1.5   $500,000 to $999,999 11 0.1
1990 to 1994 453 3.0   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 1,268 8.5   Median (dollars) 74,000 (X)
1970 to 1979 2,002 13.4        
1960 to 1969 2,760 18.4   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 6,024 40.2    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 2,103 14.0   With a mortgage 5,700 60.9
             Less than $300 12 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 157 1.7
1 room 73 0.5        $500 to $699 846 9.0
2 rooms 331 2.2        $700 to $999 2,440 26.1
3 rooms 1,056 7.0        $1,000 to $1,499 1,750 18.7
4 rooms 2,180 14.6        $1,500 to $1,999 320 3.4
5 rooms 3,309 22.1        $2,000 or more 175 1.9
6 rooms 3,504 23.4        Median (dollars) 927 (X)
7 rooms 2,431 16.2   Not mortgaged 3,656 39.1
8 rooms 1,287 8.6        Median (dollars) 342 (X)
9 rooms 808 5.4        
Median (rooms) 5.7 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 14,401 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 3,277 35.0
1999 to March 2000 2,273 15.8   15 to 19 percent 1,801 19.2
1995 to 1998 3,254 22.6   20 to 24 percent 1,401 15.0
1990 to 1994 1,991 13.8   25 to 29 percent 789 8.4
1980 to 1989 2,316 16.1   30 to 34 percent 559 6.0
1970 to 1979 1,510 10.5   35 percent or more 1,477 15.8
1969 or earlier 3,057 21.2   Not completed 52 0.6
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 4,525 100.0
None 1,144 7.9   GROSS RENT    
1 6,111 42.4   Less than $200 57 1.3
2 5,616 39.0   $200 to $299 131 2.9
3 or more 1,530 10.6   $300 to $499 636 14.1
        $500 to $749 2,695 59.6
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 623 13.8
Utility Gas 12,404 86.1   $1,000 to $1,499 152 3.4
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 193 1.3   $1,500 or more 80 1.8
Electricity 1,588 11.0   No cash rent 151 3.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 96 0.7   Median (dollars) 610 (X)
Coal or coke 12 0.1        
Wood 28 0.2   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 63 0.4   Less than 15 percent 931 20.6
No fuel used 17 0.1   15 to 19 percent 820 18.1
        20 to 24 percent 662 14.6
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 489 10.8
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 35 0.2   30 to 34 percent 252 5.6
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 47 0.3   35 percent or more 1,203 26.6
No telephone service 56 0.4   Not computed 168 3.7
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.