DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Oswego County
[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 52,831 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 45,522 100.0
1-unit, detached 33,653 63.7   1.00 or less 44,696 98.2
1-unit, attached 610 1.2   1.01 to 1.50 694 1.5
2 units 3,437 6.5   1.51 or more 132 0.3
3 or 4 units 2,282 4.3        
5 to 9 units 1,509 2.9             Specified owner-occupied units 21,427 100.0
10 to 19 units 675 1.3   VALUE    
20 or more units 1,226 2.3   Less than $50,000 3,335 15.6
Mobile home 9,320 17.6   $50,000 to $99,999 13,643 63.7
Boat, RV, van, etc. 119 0.2   $100,000 to $149,999 3,232 15.1
        $150,000 to $199,000 815 3.8
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 297 1.4
1999 to March 2000 639 1.2   $300,000 to $499,999 75 0.4
1995 to 1998 2,584 4.9   $500,000 to $999,999 6 0.0
1990 to 1994 4,194 7.9   $1,000,000 or more 24 0.1
1980 to 1989 7,964 15.1   Median (dollars) 74,200 (X)
1970 to 1979 7,854 14.9        
1960 to 1969 5,470 10.4   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 7,331 13.9    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 16,795 31.8   With a mortgage 14,100 65.8
             Less than $300 25 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 660 3.1
1 room 360 0.7        $500 to $699 2,358 11.0
2 rooms 1,304 2.5        $700 to $999 5,502 25.7
3 rooms 4,071 7.7        $1,000 to $1,499 4,495 21.0
4 rooms 8,104 15.3        $1,500 to $1,999 796 3.7
5 rooms 11,928 22.6        $2,000 or more 264 1.2
6 rooms 10,286 19.5        Median (dollars) 914 (X)
7 rooms 7,478 14.2   Not mortgaged 7,327 34.2
8 rooms 4,710 8.9        Median (dollars) 330 (X)
9 rooms 4,590 8.7        
Median (rooms) 5.6 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 45,522 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 8,045 37.5
1999 to March 2000 7,452 16.4   15 to 19 percent 4,151 19.4
1995 to 1998 10,811 23.7   20 to 24 percent 2,804 13.1
1990 to 1994 7,827 17.2   25 to 29 percent 1,985 9.3
1980 to 1989 8,558 18.8   30 to 34 percent 1,251 5.8
1970 to 1979 4,865 10.7   35 percent or more 3,065 14.3
1969 or earlier 6,009 13.2   Not completed 126 0.6
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 12,112 100.0
None 4,074 8.9   GROSS RENT    
1 15,630 34.3   Less than $200 723 6.0
2 19,070 41.9   $200 to $299 894 7.4
3 or more 6,748 14.8   $300 to $499 3,811 31.5
        $500 to $749 4,702 38.8
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 959 7.9
Utility Gas 19,374 42.6   $1,000 to $1,499 128 1.1
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 8,160 17.9   $1,500 or more 10 0.1
Electricity 3,991 8.8   No cash rent 885 7.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 10,957 24.1   Median (dollars) 507 (X)
Coal or coke 111 0.2        
Wood 2,502 5.5   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 11 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 340 0.7   Less than 15 percent 1,976 16.3
No fuel used 76 0.2   15 to 19 percent 1,399 11.6
        20 to 24 percent 1,434 11.8
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 1,216 10.0
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 154 0.3   30 to 34 percent 815 6.7
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 170 0.4   35 percent or more 4,140 34.2
No telephone service 761 1.7   Not computed 1,132 9.3
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.