DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Parish 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 1,036 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 960 100.0
1-unit, detached 674 65.1   1.00 or less 954 99.4
1-unit, attached 2 0.2   1.01 to 1.50 6 0.6
2 units 24 2.3   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 14 1.4        
5 to 9 units 14 1.4             Specified owner-occupied units 388 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 57 14.7
Mobile home 308 29.7   $50,000 to $99,999 289 74.5
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 32 8.2
        $150,000 to $199,000 5 1.3
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 5 1.3
1999 to March 2000 29 2.8   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 69 6.7   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 95 9.2   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 225 21.7   Median (dollars) 69,800 (X)
1970 to 1979 182 17.6        
1960 to 1969 106 10.2   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 88 8.5    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 242 23.4   With a mortgage 259 66.8
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 10 2.6
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 63 16.2
2 rooms 4 0.4        $700 to $999 97 25.0
3 rooms 49 4.7        $1,000 to $1,499 72 18.6
4 rooms 138 13.3        $1,500 to $1,999 13 3.4
5 rooms 256 24.7        $2,000 or more 4 1.0
6 rooms 223 21.5        Median (dollars) 894 (X)
7 rooms 180 17.4   Not mortgaged 129 33.2
8 rooms 109 10.5        Median (dollars) 354 (X)
9 rooms 77 7.4        
Median (rooms) 5.8 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 960 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 153 39.4
1999 to March 2000 132 13.8   15 to 19 percent 43 11.1
1995 to 1998 223 23.2   20 to 24 percent 63 16.2
1990 to 1994 157 16.4   25 to 29 percent 33 8.5
1980 to 1989 218 22.7   30 to 34 percent 30 7.7
1970 to 1979 115 12.0   35 percent or more 64 16.5
1969 or earlier 115 12.0   Not completed 2 0.5
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 128 100.0
None 52 5.4   GROSS RENT    
1 281 29.3   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 428 44.6   $200 to $299 2 1.6
3 or more 199 20.7   $300 to $499 30 23.4
        $500 to $749 46 35.9
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 16 12.5
Utility Gas 8 0.8   $1,000 to $1,499 4 3.1
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 270 28.1   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 53 5.5   No cash rent 30 23.4
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 496 51.7   Median (dollars) 574 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 124 12.9   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 9 0.9   Less than 15 percent 18 14.1
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 9 7.0
        20 to 24 percent 13 10.2
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 10 7.8
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 0 0.0   30 to 34 percent 10 7.8
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 38 29.7
No telephone service 17 1.8   Not computed 30 23.4
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.