DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: LaFayette 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 1,925 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,826 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,548 80.4   1.00 or less 1,815 99.4
1-unit, attached 6 0.3   1.01 to 1.50 11 0.6
2 units 43 2.2   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 21 1.1        
5 to 9 units 70 3.6             Specified owner-occupied units 1,140 100.0
10 to 19 units 36 1.9   VALUE    
20 or more units 36 1.9   Less than $50,000 57 5.0
Mobile home 165 8.6   $50,000 to $99,999 549 48.2
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 345 30.3
        $150,000 to $199,000 139 12.2
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 44 3.9
1999 to March 2000 7 0.4   $300,000 to $499,999 6 0.5
1995 to 1998 31 1.6   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 148 7.7   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 368 19.1   Median (dollars) 95,400 (X)
1970 to 1979 248 12.9        
1960 to 1969 350 18.2   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 444 23.1    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 329 17.1   With a mortgage 730 64.0
             Less than $300 12 1.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 13 1.1
1 room 13 0.7        $500 to $699 85 7.5
2 rooms 14 0.7        $700 to $999 199 17.5
3 rooms 51 2.6        $1,000 to $1,499 326 28.6
4 rooms 231 12.0        $1,500 to $1,999 76 6.7
5 rooms 360 18.7        $2,000 or more 19 1.7
6 rooms 398 20.7        Median (dollars) 1,074 (X)
7 rooms 318 16.5   Not mortgaged 410 36.0
8 rooms 278 14.4        Median (dollars) 344 (X)
9 rooms 262 13.6        
Median (rooms) 6.2 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 1,826 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 476 41.8
1999 to March 2000 135 7.4   15 to 19 percent 282 24.7
1995 to 1998 367 20.1   20 to 24 percent 114 10.0
1990 to 1994 322 17.6   25 to 29 percent 60 5.3
1980 to 1989 414 22.7   30 to 34 percent 82 7.2
1970 to 1979 240 13.1   35 percent or more 126 11.1
1969 or earlier 348 19.1   Not completed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 301 100.0
None 63 3.5   GROSS RENT    
1 560 30.7   Less than $200 5 1.7
2 786 43.0   $200 to $299 15 5.0
3 or more 417 22.8   $300 to $499 87 28.9
        $500 to $749 114 37.9
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 28 9.3
Utility Gas 385 21.1   $1,000 to $1,499 5 1.7
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 165 9.0   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 179 9.8   No cash rent 47 15.6
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 969 53.1   Median (dollars) 548 (X)
Coal or coke 22 1.2        
Wood 82 4.5   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 24 1.3   Less than 15 percent 43 14.3
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 29 9.6
        20 to 24 percent 64 21.3
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 26 8.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 6 0.3   30 to 34 percent 26 8.6
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 12 0.7   35 percent or more 66 21.9
No telephone service 6 0.3   Not computed 47 15.6
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.