DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: New Haven 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 1,378 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,063 100.0
1-unit, detached 831 60.3   1.00 or less 1,049 98.7
1-unit, attached 5 0.4   1.01 to 1.50 10 0.9
2 units 18 1.3   1.51 or more 4 0.4
3 or 4 units 11 0.8        
5 to 9 units 4 0.3             Specified owner-occupied units 429 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 61 14.2
Mobile home 501 36.4   $50,000 to $99,999 299 69.7
Boat, RV, van, etc. 8 0.6   $100,000 to $149,999 41 9.6
        $150,000 to $199,000 4 0.9
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 12 2.8
1999 to March 2000 15 1.1   $300,000 to $499,999 6 1.4
1995 to 1998 66 4.8   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 167 12.1   $1,000,000 or more 6 1.4
1980 to 1989 248 18.0   Median (dollars) 71,400 (X)
1970 to 1979 272 19.7        
1960 to 1969 133 9.7   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 100 7.3    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 377 27.4   With a mortgage 281 65.5
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 8 1.9
1 room 9 0.7        $500 to $699 38 8.9
2 rooms 35 2.5        $700 to $999 145 33.8
3 rooms 29 2.1        $1,000 to $1,499 62 14.5
4 rooms 247 17.9        $1,500 to $1,999 14 3.3
5 rooms 352 25.5        $2,000 or more 14 3.3
6 rooms 208 15.1        Median (dollars) 903 (X)
7 rooms 230 16.7   Not mortgaged 148 34.5
8 rooms 135 9.8        Median (dollars) 375 (X)
9 rooms 133 9.7        
Median (rooms) 5.6 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 1,063 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 179 41.7
1999 to March 2000 166 15.6   15 to 19 percent 88 20.5
1995 to 1998 246 23.1   20 to 24 percent 47 11.0
1990 to 1994 188 17.7   25 to 29 percent 26 6.1
1980 to 1989 247 23.2   30 to 34 percent 22 5.1
1970 to 1979 92 8.7   35 percent or more 67 15.6
1969 or earlier 124 11.7   Not completed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 177 100.0
None 56 5.3   GROSS RENT    
1 348 32.7   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 475 44.7   $200 to $299 21 11.9
3 or more 184 17.3   $300 to $499 53 29.9
        $500 to $749 68 38.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 12 6.8
Utility Gas 9 0.8   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 523 49.2   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 40 3.8   No cash rent 23 13.0
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 389 36.6   Median (dollars) 507 (X)
Coal or coke 8 0.8        
Wood 79 7.4   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 15 1.4   Less than 15 percent 31 17.5
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 11 6.2
        20 to 24 percent 21 11.9
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 9 5.1
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 4 0.4   30 to 34 percent 25 14.1
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 57 32.2
No telephone service 4 0.4   Not computed 23 13.0
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.