DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Sandy Creek 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 2,607 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,543 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,844 70.7   1.00 or less 1,506 97.6
1-unit, attached 11 0.4   1.01 to 1.50 28 1.8
2 units 94 3.6   1.51 or more 9 0.6
3 or 4 units 84 3.2        
5 to 9 units 24 0.9             Specified owner-occupied units 744 100.0
10 to 19 units 12 0.5   VALUE    
20 or more units 7 0.3   Less than $50,000 148 19.9
Mobile home 513 19.7   $50,000 to $99,999 411 55.2
Boat, RV, van, etc. 18 0.7   $100,000 to $149,999 144 19.4
        $150,000 to $199,000 15 2.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 26 3.5
1999 to March 2000 19 0.7   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 117 4.5   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 206 7.9   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 417 16.0   Median (dollars) 73,200 (X)
1970 to 1979 317 12.2        
1960 to 1969 337 12.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 441 16.9    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 753 28.9   With a mortgage 430 57.8
             Less than $300 2 0.3
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 30 4.0
1 room 9 0.3        $500 to $699 81 10.9
2 rooms 93 3.6        $700 to $999 176 23.7
3 rooms 314 12.0        $1,000 to $1,499 103 13.8
4 rooms 507 19.4        $1,500 to $1,999 19 2.6
5 rooms 613 23.5        $2,000 or more 19 2.6
6 rooms 469 18.0        Median (dollars) 868 (X)
7 rooms 259 9.9   Not mortgaged 314 42.2
8 rooms 176 6.8        Median (dollars) 298 (X)
9 rooms 167 6.4        
Median (rooms) 5.1 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 1,543 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 323 43.4
1999 to March 2000 243 15.7   15 to 19 percent 116 15.6
1995 to 1998 422 27.3   20 to 24 percent 82 11.0
1990 to 1994 243 15.7   25 to 29 percent 53 7.1
1980 to 1989 310 20.1   30 to 34 percent 37 5.0
1970 to 1979 146 9.5   35 percent or more 117 15.7
1969 or earlier 179 11.6   Not completed 16 2.2
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 347 100.0
None 139 9.0   GROSS RENT    
1 489 31.7   Less than $200 5 1.4
2 681 44.1   $200 to $299 14 4.0
3 or more 234 15.2   $300 to $499 136 39.2
        $500 to $749 124 35.7
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 17 4.9
Utility Gas 443 28.7   $1,000 to $1,499 1 0.3
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 395 25.6   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 133 8.6   No cash rent 50 14.4
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 364 23.6   Median (dollars) 488 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 206 13.4   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 2 0.1   Less than 15 percent 70 20.2
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 16 4.6
        20 to 24 percent 23 6.6
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 21 6.1
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 9 0.6   30 to 34 percent 13 3.7
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 5 0.3   35 percent or more 152 43.8
No telephone service 46 3.0   Not computed 52 15.0
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.