DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Oswego 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 1,904 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,734 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,427 74.9   1.00 or less 1,700 98.0
1-unit, attached 0 0.0   1.01 to 1.50 28 1.6
2 units 62 3.3   1.51 or more 6 0.3
3 or 4 units 21 1.1        
5 to 9 units 7 0.4             Specified owner-occupied units 984 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 13 0.7   Less than $50,000 84 8.5
Mobile home 374 19.6   $50,000 to $99,999 442 44.9
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 339 34.5
        $150,000 to $199,000 79 8.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 34 3.5
1999 to March 2000 29 1.5   $300,000 to $499,999 6 0.6
1995 to 1998 110 5.8   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 128 6.7   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 371 19.5   Median (dollars) 97,000 (X)
1970 to 1979 389 20.4        
1960 to 1969 303 15.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 192 10.1    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 382 20.1   With a mortgage 709 72.1
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 22 2.2
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 68 6.9
2 rooms 23 1.2        $700 to $999 225 22.9
3 rooms 93 4.9        $1,000 to $1,499 280 28.5
4 rooms 282 14.8        $1,500 to $1,999 99 10.1
5 rooms 311 16.3        $2,000 or more 15 1.5
6 rooms 360 18.9        Median (dollars) 1,057 (X)
7 rooms 319 16.8   Not mortgaged 275 27.9
8 rooms 248 13.0        Median (dollars) 338 (X)
9 rooms 268 14.1        
Median (rooms) 6.2 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 1,734 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 352 35.8
1999 to March 2000 250 14.4   15 to 19 percent 201 20.4
1995 to 1998 329 19.0   20 to 24 percent 130 13.2
1990 to 1994 240 13.8   25 to 29 percent 84 8.5
1980 to 1989 437 25.2   30 to 34 percent 69 7.0
1970 to 1979 286 16.5   35 percent or more 131 13.3
1969 or earlier 192 11.1   Not completed 17 1.7
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 259 100.0
None 75 4.3   GROSS RENT    
1 542 31.3   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 741 42.7   $200 to $299 13 5.0
3 or more 376 21.7   $300 to $499 73 28.2
        $500 to $749 111 42.9
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 7 2.7
Utility Gas 971 56.0   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 330 19.0   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 100 5.8   No cash rent 55 21.2
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 247 14.2   Median (dollars) 527 (X)
Coal or coke 5 0.3        
Wood 64 3.7   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 17 1.0   Less than 15 percent 21 8.1
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 74 28.6
        20 to 24 percent 23 8.9
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 6 2.3
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 9 0.5   30 to 34 percent 7 2.7
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 66 25.5
No telephone service 8 0.5   Not computed 62 23.9
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.