DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Oswego city
[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 8,080 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 7,338 100.0
1-unit, detached 4,825 59.7   1.00 or less 7,269 99.1
1-unit, attached 184 2.3   1.01 to 1.50 55 0.7
2 units 1,129 14.0   1.51 or more 14 0.2
3 or 4 units 741 9.2        
5 to 9 units 579 7.2             Specified owner-occupied units 3,536 100.0
10 to 19 units 132 1.6   VALUE    
20 or more units 461 5.7   Less than $50,000 493 13.9
Mobile home 29 0.4   $50,000 to $99,999 2,404 68.0
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 344 9.7
        $150,000 to $199,000 210 5.9
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 85 2.4
1999 to March 2000 64 0.8   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 91 1.1   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 184 2.3   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 372 4.6   Median (dollars) 68,400 (X)
1970 to 1979 731 9.0        
1960 to 1969 536 6.6   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 1,311 16.2    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 4,791 59.3   With a mortgage 2,036 57.6
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 166 4.7
1 room 104 1.3        $500 to $699 487 13.8
2 rooms 315 3.9        $700 to $999 689 19.5
3 rooms 911 11.3        $1,000 to $1,499 537 15.2
4 rooms 1,064 13.2        $1,500 to $1,999 101 2.9
5 rooms 1,316 16.3        $2,000 or more 56 1.6
6 rooms 1,607 19.9        Median (dollars) 838 (X)
7 rooms 1,220 15.1   Not mortgaged 1,500 42.4
8 rooms 807 10.0        Median (dollars) 311 (X)
9 rooms 736 9.1        
Median (rooms) 5.7 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 7,338 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 1,522 43.0
1999 to March 2000 1,934 26.4   15 to 19 percent 691 19.5
1995 to 1998 1,479 20.2   20 to 24 percent 330 9.3
1990 to 1994 1,008 13.7   25 to 29 percent 335 9.5
1980 to 1989 993 13.5   30 to 34 percent 142 4.0
1970 to 1979 675 9.2   35 percent or more 503 14.2
1969 or earlier 1,249 17.0   Not completed 13 0.4
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 3,501 100.0
None 1,053 14.3   GROSS RENT    
1 3,136 42.7   Less than $200 278 7.9
2 2,451 33.4   $200 to $299 297 8.5
3 or more 698 9.5   $300 to $499 1,138 32.5
        $500 to $749 1,285 36.7
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 314 9.0
Utility Gas 6,219 84.8   $1,000 to $1,499 55 1.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 87 1.2   $1,500 or more 7 0.2
Electricity 890 12.1   No cash rent 127 3.6
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 63 0.9   Median (dollars) 496 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 19 0.3   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 6 0.1    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 50 0.7   Less than 15 percent 539 15.4
No fuel used 4 0.1   15 to 19 percent 358 10.2
        20 to 24 percent 353 10.1
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 313 8.9
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 19 0.3   30 to 34 percent 269 7.7
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 50 0.7   35 percent or more 1,399 40.0
No telephone service 127 1.7   Not computed 270 7.7
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.