DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Amboy 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 642 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 468 100.0
1-unit, detached 413 64.3   1.00 or less 457 97.6
1-unit, attached 4 0.6   1.01 to 1.50 7 1.5
2 units 7 1.1   1.51 or more 4 0.9
3 or 4 units 3 0.5        
5 to 9 units 0 0.0             Specified owner-occupied units 145 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 43 29.7
Mobile home 215 33.5   $50,000 to $99,999 83 57.2
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 17 11.7
        $150,000 to $199,000 2 1.4
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 0 0.0
1999 to March 2000 2 0.3   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 51 7.9   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 65 10.1   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 122 19.0   Median (dollars) 64,800 (X)
1970 to 1979 147 22.9        
1960 to 1969 74 11.5   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 59 9.2    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 122 19.0   With a mortgage 71 49.0
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 2 1.4
1 room 14 2.2        $500 to $699 14 9.7
2 rooms 32 5.0        $700 to $999 24 16.6
3 rooms 40 6.2        $1,000 to $1,499 27 18.6
4 rooms 92 14.3        $1,500 to $1,999 4 2.8
5 rooms 198 30.8        $2,000 or more 0 0.0
6 rooms 121 18.8        Median (dollars) 955 (X)
7 rooms 72 11.2   Not mortgaged 74 51.0
8 rooms 30 4.7        Median (dollars) 284 (X)
9 rooms 43 6.7        
Median (rooms) 5.2 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 468 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 53 36.6
1999 to March 2000 54 11.5   15 to 19 percent 32 22.1
1995 to 1998 137 29.3   20 to 24 percent 21 14.5
1990 to 1994 97 20.7   25 to 29 percent 9 6.2
1980 to 1989 76 16.2   30 to 34 percent 3 2.1
1970 to 1979 51 10.9   35 percent or more 26 17.9
1969 or earlier 53 11.3   Not completed 1 0.7
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 66 100.0
None 15 3.2   GROSS RENT    
1 130 27.8   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 238 50.9   $200 to $299 0 0.0
3 or more 85 18.2   $300 to $499 23 34.8
        $500 to $749 34 51.5
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 3 4.5
Utility Gas 0 0.0   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 142 30.3   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 7 1.5   No cash rent 6 9.1
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 218 46.6   Median (dollars) 544 (X)
Coal or coke 4 0.9        
Wood 96 20.5   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 1 0.2   Less than 15 percent 13 19.7
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 13 19.7
        20 to 24 percent 6 9.1
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 7 10.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 6 1.3   30 to 34 percent 2 3.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 2 0.4   35 percent or more 19 28.8
No telephone service 13 2.8   Not computed 6 9.1
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.