DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Orwell 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 698 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 421 100.0
1-unit, detached 558 79.9   1.00 or less 411 97.6
1-unit, attached 3 0.4   1.01 to 1.50 8 1.9
2 units 6 0.9   1.51 or more 2 0.5
3 or 4 units 8 1.1        
5 to 9 units 0 0.0             Specified owner-occupied units 186 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 68 36.6
Mobile home 121 17.3   $50,000 to $99,999 109 58.6
Boat, RV, van, etc. 2 0.3   $100,000 to $149,999 9 4.8
        $150,000 to $199,000 0 0.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 0 0.0
1999 to March 2000 14 2.0   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 55 7.9   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 48 6.9   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 104 14.9   Median (dollars) 61,400 (X)
1970 to 1979 111 15.9        
1960 to 1969 107 15.3   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 83 11.9    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 176 25.2   With a mortgage 109 58.6
             Less than $300 2 1.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 11 5.9
1 room 4 0.6        $500 to $699 48 25.8
2 rooms 33 4.7        $700 to $999 33 17.7
3 rooms 71 10.2        $1,000 to $1,499 15 8.1
4 rooms 148 21.2        $1,500 to $1,999 0 0.0
5 rooms 147 21.1        $2,000 or more 0 0.0
6 rooms 113 16.2        Median (dollars) 670 (X)
7 rooms 73 10.5   Not mortgaged 77 41.4
8 rooms 51 7.3        Median (dollars) 244 (X)
9 rooms 58 8.3        
Median (rooms) 5.1 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 421 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 98 52.7
1999 to March 2000 62 14.7   15 to 19 percent 25 13.4
1995 to 1998 113 26.8   20 to 24 percent 12 6.5
1990 to 1994 74 17.6   25 to 29 percent 15 8.1
1980 to 1989 62 14.7   30 to 34 percent 2 1.1
1970 to 1979 41 9.7   35 percent or more 32 17.2
1969 or earlier 69 16.4   Not completed 2 1.1
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 63 100.0
None 25 5.9   GROSS RENT    
1 126 29.9   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 179 42.5   $200 to $299 0 0.0
3 or more 91 21.6   $300 to $499 25 39.7
        $500 to $749 18 28.6
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 11 17.5
Utility Gas 2 0.5   $1,000 to $1,499 5 7.9
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 97 23.0   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 16 3.8   No cash rent 4 6.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 208 49.4   Median (dollars) 566 (X)
Coal or coke 2 0.5        
Wood 92 21.9   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 4 1.0   Less than 15 percent 6 9.5
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 13 20.6
        20 to 24 percent 5 7.9
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 2 3.2
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 2 0.5   30 to 34 percent 5 7.9
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 2 0.5   35 percent or more 28 44.4
No telephone service 15 3.6   Not computed 4 6.3
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.