DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Mexico 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 2,211 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,934 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,455 65.8   1.00 or less 1,896 98.0
1-unit, attached 5 0.2   1.01 to 1.50 28 1.4
2 units 110 5.0   1.51 or more 10 0.5
3 or 4 units 37 1.7        
5 to 9 units 16 0.7             Specified owner-occupied units 882 100.0
10 to 19 units 70 3.2   VALUE    
20 or more units 46 2.1   Less than $50,000 109 12.4
Mobile home 468 21.2   $50,000 to $99,999 641 72.7
Boat, RV, van, etc. 4 0.2   $100,000 to $149,999 122 13.8
        $150,000 to $199,000 10 1.1
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 0 0.0
1999 to March 2000 26 1.2   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 136 6.2   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 134 6.1   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 435 19.7   Median (dollars) 74,200 (X)
1970 to 1979 334 15.1        
1960 to 1969 157 7.1   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 255 11.5    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 734 33.2   With a mortgage 676 76.6
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 7 0.8
1 room 15 0.7        $500 to $699 139 15.8
2 rooms 15 0.7        $700 to $999 276 31.3
3 rooms 153 6.9        $1,000 to $1,499 219 24.8
4 rooms 325 14.7        $1,500 to $1,999 25 2.8
5 rooms 586 26.5        $2,000 or more 10 1.1
6 rooms 389 17.6        Median (dollars) 893 (X)
7 rooms 273 12.3   Not mortgaged 206 23.4
8 rooms 184 8.3        Median (dollars) 350 (X)
9 rooms 271 12.3        
Median (rooms) 5.5 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 1,934 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 302 34.2
1999 to March 2000 263 13.6   15 to 19 percent 169 19.2
1995 to 1998 512 26.5   20 to 24 percent 136 15.4
1990 to 1994 327 16.9   25 to 29 percent 56 6.3
1980 to 1989 428 22.1   30 to 34 percent 58 6.6
1970 to 1979 217 11.2   35 percent or more 155 17.6
1969 or earlier 187 9.7   Not completed 6 0.7
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 401 100.0
None 154 8.0   GROSS RENT    
1 547 28.3   Less than $200 22 5.5
2 914 47.3   $200 to $299 22 5.5
3 or more 319 16.5   $300 to $499 140 34.9
        $500 to $749 164 40.9
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 26 6.5
Utility Gas 500 25.9   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 531 27.5   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 188 9.7   No cash rent 27 6.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 560 29.0   Median (dollars) 502 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 126 6.5   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 20 1.0   Less than 15 percent 77 19.2
No fuel used 9 0.5   15 to 19 percent 46 11.5
        20 to 24 percent 53 13.2
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 47 11.7
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 14 0.7   30 to 34 percent 28 7.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 6 0.3   35 percent or more 121 30.2
No telephone service 12 0.6   Not computed 29 7.2
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.