DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Boylston 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 331 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 201 100.0
1-unit, detached 269 81.3   1.00 or less 191 95.0
1-unit, attached 0 0.0   1.01 to 1.50 10 5.0
2 units 3 0.9   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 0 0.0        
5 to 9 units 0 0.0             Specified owner-occupied units 63 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 23 36.5
Mobile home 55 16.6   $50,000 to $99,999 31 49.2
Boat, RV, van, etc. 4 1.2   $100,000 to $149,999 4 6.3
        $150,000 to $199,000 0 0.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 5 7.9
1999 to March 2000 11 3.3   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 27 8.2   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 38 11.5   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 46 13.9   Median (dollars) 57,700 (X)
1970 to 1979 51 15.4        
1960 to 1969 59 17.8   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 35 10.6    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 64 19.3   With a mortgage 31 49.2
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 10 15.9
1 room 2 0.6        $500 to $699 4 6.3
2 rooms 32 9.7        $700 to $999 15 23.8
3 rooms 51 15.4        $1,000 to $1,499 2 3.2
4 rooms 62 18.7        $1,500 to $1,999 0 0.0
5 rooms 52 15.7        $2,000 or more 0 0.0
6 rooms 52 15.7        Median (dollars) 721 (X)
7 rooms 41 12.4   Not mortgaged 32 50.8
8 rooms 19 5.7        Median (dollars) 257 (X)
9 rooms 20 6.0        
Median (rooms) 4.9 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 201 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 39 61.9
1999 to March 2000 29 14.4   15 to 19 percent 5 7.9
1995 to 1998 35 17.4   20 to 24 percent 5 7.9
1990 to 1994 37 18.4   25 to 29 percent 10 15.9
1980 to 1989 45 22.4   30 to 34 percent 4 6.3
1970 to 1979 25 12.4   35 percent or more 0 0.0
1969 or earlier 30 14.9   Not completed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 22 100.0
None 10 5.0   GROSS RENT    
1 71 35.3   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 68 33.8   $200 to $299 2 9.1
3 or more 52 25.9   $300 to $499 6 27.3
        $500 to $749 4 18.2
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 4 18.2
Utility Gas 0 0.0   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 58 28.9   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 3 1.5   No cash rent 6 27.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 71 35.3   Median (dollars) 475 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 65 32.3   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 2 1.0   Less than 15 percent 10 45.5
No fuel used 2 1.0   15 to 19 percent 0 0.0
        20 to 24 percent 2 9.1
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 0 0.0
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 5 2.5   30 to 34 percent 0 0.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 4 2.0   35 percent or more 4 18.2
No telephone service 4 2.0   Not computed 6 27.3
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.