DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Skaneateles 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 3,233 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 2,881 100.0
1-unit, detached 2,713 83.9   1.00 or less 2,881 100.0
1-unit, attached 27 0.8   1.01 to 1.50 0 0.0
2 units 140 4.3   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 150 4.6        
5 to 9 units 60 1.9             Specified owner-occupied units 2,015 100.0
10 to 19 units 44 1.4   VALUE    
20 or more units 77 2.4   Less than $50,000 27 1.3
Mobile home 22 0.7   $50,000 to $99,999 502 24.9
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 582 28.9
        $150,000 to $199,000 407 20.2
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 260 12.9
1999 to March 2000 14 0.4   $300,000 to $499,999 156 7.7
1995 to 1998 110 3.4   $500,000 to $999,999 63 3.1
1990 to 1994 82 2.5   $1,000,000 or more 18 0.9
1980 to 1989 377 11.7   Median (dollars) 140,400 (X)
1970 to 1979 231 7.1        
1960 to 1969 492 15.2   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 519 16.1    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 1,408 43.6   With a mortgage 1,420 70.5
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 27 1.3
1 room 3 0.1        $500 to $699 94 4.7
2 rooms 55 1.7        $700 to $999 314 15.6
3 rooms 200 6.2        $1,000 to $1,499 465 23.1
4 rooms 257 7.9        $1,500 to $1,999 296 14.7
5 rooms 339 10.5        $2,000 or more 224 11.1
6 rooms 499 15.4        Median (dollars) 1,224 (X)
7 rooms 635 19.6   Not mortgaged 595 29.5
8 rooms 665 20.6        Median (dollars) 461 (X)
9 rooms 580 17.9        
Median (rooms) 6.9 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 2,881 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 715 35.5
1999 to March 2000 300 10.4   15 to 19 percent 329 16.3
1995 to 1998 712 24.7   20 to 24 percent 334 16.6
1990 to 1994 447 15.5   25 to 29 percent 176 8.7
1980 to 1989 544 18.9   30 to 34 percent 142 7.0
1970 to 1979 299 10.4   35 percent or more 314 15.6
1969 or earlier 579 20.1   Not completed 5 0.2
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 506 100.0
None 159 5.5   GROSS RENT    
1 876 30.4   Less than $200 35 6.9
2 1,437 49.9   $200 to $299 51 10.1
3 or more 409 14.2   $300 to $499 100 19.8
        $500 to $749 179 35.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 55 10.9
Utility Gas 1,670 58.0   $1,000 to $1,499 35 6.9
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 151 5.2   $1,500 or more 7 1.4
Electricity 377 13.1   No cash rent 44 8.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 604 21.0   Median (dollars) 555 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 63 2.2   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 10 0.3    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 6 0.2   Less than 15 percent 167 33.0
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 102 20.2
        20 to 24 percent 34 6.7
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 35 6.9
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 29 1.0   30 to 34 percent 31 6.1
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 22 0.8   35 percent or more 81 16.0
No telephone service 29 1.0   Not computed 56 11.1
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.