DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Van Buren 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 5,618 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 5,288 100.0
1-unit, detached 3,457 61.5   1.00 or less 5,227 98.8
1-unit, attached 458 8.2   1.01 to 1.50 51 1.0
2 units 215 3.8   1.51 or more 10 0.2
3 or 4 units 159 2.8        
5 to 9 units 840 15.0             Specified owner-occupied units 3,123 100.0
10 to 19 units 244 4.3   VALUE    
20 or more units 93 1.7   Less than $50,000 185 5.9
Mobile home 152 2.7   $50,000 to $99,999 2,369 75.9
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 432 13.8
        $150,000 to $199,000 95 3.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 42 1.3
1999 to March 2000 19 0.3   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 159 2.8   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 193 3.4   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 857 15.3   Median (dollars) 75,200 (X)
1970 to 1979 1,177 21.0        
1960 to 1969 1,037 18.5   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 1,152 20.5    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 1,024 18.2   With a mortgage 2,212 70.8
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 49 1.6
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 231 7.4
2 rooms 124 2.2        $700 to $999 1,118 35.8
3 rooms 633 11.3        $1,000 to $1,499 705 22.6
4 rooms 873 15.5        $1,500 to $1,999 82 2.6
5 rooms 1,180 21.0        $2,000 or more 27 0.9
6 rooms 1,094 19.5        Median (dollars) 927 (X)
7 rooms 791 14.1   Not mortgaged 911 29.2
8 rooms 503 9.0        Median (dollars) 342 (X)
9 rooms 420 7.5        
Median (rooms) 5.5 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 5,288 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 1,106 35.4
1999 to March 2000 926 17.5   15 to 19 percent 654 20.9
1995 to 1998 1,183 22.4   20 to 24 percent 448 14.3
1990 to 1994 906 17.1   25 to 29 percent 244 7.8
1980 to 1989 1,018 19.3   30 to 34 percent 245 7.8
1970 to 1979 544 10.3   35 percent or more 409 13.1
1969 or earlier 711 13.4   Not completed 17 0.5
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 1,640 100.0
None 327 6.2   GROSS RENT    
1 2,122 40.1   Less than $200 129 7.9
2 2,230 42.2   $200 to $299 70 4.3
3 or more 609 11.5   $300 to $499 370 22.6
        $500 to $749 743 45.3
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 274 16.7
Utility Gas 3,254 61.5   $1,000 to $1,499 20 1.2
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 311 5.9   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 1,013 19.2   No cash rent 34 2.1
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 483 9.1   Median (dollars) 583 (X)
Coal or coke 37 0.7        
Wood 66 1.2   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 88 1.7   Less than 15 percent 376 22.9
No fuel used 36 0.7   15 to 19 percent 211 12.9
        20 to 24 percent 234 14.3
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 183 11.2
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 27 0.5   30 to 34 percent 131 8.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 425 25.9
No telephone service 0 0.0   Not computed 80 4.9
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.