DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Hastings 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 3,635 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 3,374 100.0
1-unit, detached 2,463 67.8   1.00 or less 3,323 98.5
1-unit, attached 46 1.3   1.01 to 1.50 38 1.1
2 units 104 2.9   1.51 or more 13 0.4
3 or 4 units 118 3.2        
5 to 9 units 122 3.4             Specified owner-occupied units 1,828 100.0
10 to 19 units 128 3.5   VALUE    
20 or more units 45 1.2   Less than $50,000 154 8.4
Mobile home 597 16.4   $50,000 to $99,999 1,326 72.5
Boat, RV, van, etc. 12 0.3   $100,000 to $149,999 296 16.2
        $150,000 to $199,000 30 1.6
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 14 0.8
1999 to March 2000 113 3.1   $300,000 to $499,999 8 0.4
1995 to 1998 298 8.2   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 410 11.3   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 680 18.7   Median (dollars) 78,700 (X)
1970 to 1979 583 16.0        
1960 to 1969 420 11.6   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 561 15.4    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 570 15.7   With a mortgage 1,359 74.3
             Less than $300 6 0.3
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 59 3.2
1 room 28 0.8        $500 to $699 158 8.6
2 rooms 75 2.1        $700 to $999 531 29.0
3 rooms 297 8.2        $1,000 to $1,499 501 27.4
4 rooms 432 11.9        $1,500 to $1,999 95 5.2
5 rooms 859 23.6        $2,000 or more 9 0.5
6 rooms 733 20.2        Median (dollars) 964 (X)
7 rooms 510 14.0   Not mortgaged 469 25.7
8 rooms 399 11.0        Median (dollars) 346 (X)
9 rooms 302 8.3        
Median (rooms) 5.7 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 3,374 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 566 31.0
1999 to March 2000 512 15.2   15 to 19 percent 341 18.7
1995 to 1998 989 29.3   20 to 24 percent 237 13.0
1990 to 1994 598 17.7   25 to 29 percent 283 15.5
1980 to 1989 602 17.8   30 to 34 percent 138 7.5
1970 to 1979 351 10.4   35 percent or more 255 13.9
1969 or earlier 322 9.5   Not completed 8 0.4
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 709 100.0
None 243 7.2   GROSS RENT    
1 1,067 31.6   Less than $200 66 9.3
2 1,531 45.4   $200 to $299 60 8.5
3 or more 533 15.8   $300 to $499 147 20.7
        $500 to $749 321 45.3
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 53 7.5
Utility Gas 1,344 39.8   $1,000 to $1,499 15 2.1
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 521 15.4   $1,500 or more 3 0.4
Electricity 298 8.8   No cash rent 44 6.2
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 1,062 31.5   Median (dollars) 535 (X)
Coal or coke 25 0.7        
Wood 118 3.5   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 6 0.2   Less than 15 percent 101 14.2
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 100 14.1
        20 to 24 percent 117 16.5
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 75 10.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 8 0.2   30 to 34 percent 47 6.6
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 8 0.2   35 percent or more 218 30.7
No telephone service 23 0.7   Not computed 51 7.2
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.