DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Williamstown 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 636 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 452 100.0
1-unit, detached 460 72.3   1.00 or less 424 93.8
1-unit, attached 2 0.3   1.01 to 1.50 18 4.0
2 units 8 1.3   1.51 or more 10 2.2
3 or 4 units 25 3.9        
5 to 9 units 6 0.9             Specified owner-occupied units 195 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 78 40.0
Mobile home 131 20.6   $50,000 to $99,999 104 53.3
Boat, RV, van, etc. 4 0.6   $100,000 to $149,999 9 4.6
        $150,000 to $199,000 4 2.1
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 0 0.0
1999 to March 2000 6 0.9   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 37 5.8   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 45 7.1   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 97 15.3   Median (dollars) 58,100 (X)
1970 to 1979 106 16.7        
1960 to 1969 82 12.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 101 15.9    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 162 25.5   With a mortgage 110 56.4
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 14 7.2
1 room 8 1.3        $500 to $699 20 10.3
2 rooms 18 2.8        $700 to $999 49 25.1
3 rooms 52 8.2        $1,000 to $1,499 26 13.3
4 rooms 152 23.9        $1,500 to $1,999 1 0.5
5 rooms 139 21.9        $2,000 or more 0 0.0
6 rooms 113 17.8        Median (dollars) 808 (X)
7 rooms 61 9.6   Not mortgaged 85 43.6
8 rooms 50 7.9        Median (dollars) 334 (X)
9 rooms 43 6.8        
Median (rooms) 5.1 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 452 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 57 29.2
1999 to March 2000 73 16.2   15 to 19 percent 47 24.1
1995 to 1998 97 21.5   20 to 24 percent 31 15.9
1990 to 1994 63 13.9   25 to 29 percent 11 5.6
1980 to 1989 94 20.8   30 to 34 percent 18 9.2
1970 to 1979 63 13.9   35 percent or more 29 14.9
1969 or earlier 62 13.7   Not completed 2 1.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 94 100.0
None 31 6.9   GROSS RENT    
1 135 29.9   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 208 46.0   $200 to $299 4 4.3
3 or more 78 17.3   $300 to $499 35 37.2
        $500 to $749 37 39.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 8 8.5
Utility Gas 4 0.9   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 94 20.8   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 20 4.4   No cash rent 10 10.6
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 261 57.7   Median (dollars) 511 (X)
Coal or coke 8 1.8        
Wood 57 12.6   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 8 1.8   Less than 15 percent 10 10.6
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 14 14.9
        20 to 24 percent 17 18.1
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 10 10.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 0 0.0   30 to 34 percent 11 11.7
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 20 21.3
No telephone service 9 2.0   Not computed 12 12.8
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.