DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: West Monroe 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 1,765 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,579 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,127 63.9   1.00 or less 1,568 99.3
1-unit, attached 5 0.3   1.01 to 1.50 6 0.4
2 units 42 2.4   1.51 or more 5 0.3
3 or 4 units 34 1.9        
5 to 9 units 0 0.0             Specified owner-occupied units 730 100.0
10 to 19 units 12 0.7   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 136 18.6
Mobile home 545 30.9   $50,000 to $99,999 343 47.0
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 208 28.5
        $150,000 to $199,000 24 3.3
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 14 1.9
1999 to March 2000 27 1.5   $300,000 to $499,999 5 0.7
1995 to 1998 116 6.6   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 250 14.2   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 358 20.3   Median (dollars) 86,700 (X)
1970 to 1979 284 16.1        
1960 to 1969 270 15.3   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 264 15.0    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 196 11.1   With a mortgage 510 69.9
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 5 0.7
1 room 5 0.3        $500 to $699 92 12.6
2 rooms 30 1.7        $700 to $999 226 31.0
3 rooms 36 2.0        $1,000 to $1,499 146 20.0
4 rooms 244 13.8        $1,500 to $1,999 41 5.6
5 rooms 525 29.7        $2,000 or more 0 0.0
6 rooms 445 25.2        Median (dollars) 936 (X)
7 rooms 228 12.9   Not mortgaged 220 30.1
8 rooms 133 7.5        Median (dollars) 359 (X)
9 rooms 119 6.7        
Median (rooms) 5.6 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 1,579 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 227 31.1
1999 to March 2000 255 16.1   15 to 19 percent 127 17.4
1995 to 1998 323 20.5   20 to 24 percent 168 23.0
1990 to 1994 325 20.6   25 to 29 percent 85 11.6
1980 to 1989 339 21.5   30 to 34 percent 29 4.0
1970 to 1979 146 9.2   35 percent or more 94 12.9
1969 or earlier 191 12.1   Not completed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 220 100.0
None 69 4.4   GROSS RENT    
1 453 28.7   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 728 46.1   $200 to $299 7 3.2
3 or more 329 20.8   $300 to $499 48 21.8
        $500 to $749 103 46.8
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 31 14.1
Utility Gas 257 16.3   $1,000 to $1,499 8 3.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 391 24.8   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 109 6.9   No cash rent 23 10.5
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 682 43.2   Median (dollars) 579 (X)
Coal or coke 6 0.4        
Wood 119 7.5   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 15 0.9   Less than 15 percent 41 18.6
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 32 14.5
        20 to 24 percent 44 20.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 21 9.5
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 9 0.6   30 to 34 percent 22 10.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 4 0.3   35 percent or more 37 16.8
No telephone service 49 3.1   Not computed 23 10.5
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.