DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Cohoes city
[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 7,689 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 6,932 100.0
1-unit, detached 2,126 27.6   1.00 or less 6,834 98.6
1-unit, attached 270 3.5   1.01 to 1.50 73 1.1
2 units 2,471 32.1   1.51 or more 25 0.4
3 or 4 units 1,409 18.3        
5 to 9 units 522 6.8             Specified owner-occupied units 1,959 100.0
10 to 19 units 302 3.9   VALUE    
20 or more units 581 7.6   Less than $50,000 57 2.9
Mobile home 0 0.0   $50,000 to $99,999 1,311 66.9
Boat, RV, van, etc. 8 0.1   $100,000 to $149,999 492 25.1
        $150,000 to $199,000 68 3.5
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 31 1.6
1999 to March 2000 20 0.3   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 358 4.7   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 216 2.8   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 212 2.8   Median (dollars) 86,900 (X)
1970 to 1979 829 10.8        
1960 to 1969 463 6.0   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 1,377 17.9    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 4,214 54.8   With a mortgage 1,277 65.2
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 38 1.9
1 room 61 0.8        $500 to $699 76 3.9
2 rooms 234 3.0        $700 to $999 384 19.6
3 rooms 897 11.7        $1,000 to $1,499 573 29.2
4 rooms 1,163 15.1        $1,500 to $1,999 173 8.8
5 rooms 1,737 22.6        $2,000 or more 33 1.7
6 rooms 1,856 24.1        Median (dollars) 1,092 (X)
7 rooms 897 11.7   Not mortgaged 682 34.8
8 rooms 407 5.3        Median (dollars) 388 (X)
9 or more rooms 437 5.7        
Median (rooms) 5.4 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 6,932 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 635 32.4
1999 to March 2000 1,324 19.1   15 to 19 percent 404 20.6
1995 to 1998 1,819 26.2   20 to 24 percent 290 14.8
1990 to 1994 1,003 14.5   25 to 29 percent 230 11.7
1980 to 1989 873 12.6   30 to 34 percent 141 7.2
1970 to 1979 762 11.0   35 percent or more 243 12.4
1969 or earlier 1,151 16.6   Not computed 16 0.8
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 3,821 100.0
None 1,267 18.3   GROSS RENT    
1 3,158 45.6   Less than $200 252 6.6
2 2,032 29.3   $200 to $299 328 8.6
3 or more 475 6.9   $300 to $499 1,079 28.2
        $500 to $749 1,525 39.9
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 357 9.3
Utility Gas 5,874 84.7   $1,000 to $1,499 146 3.8
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 42 0.6   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 743 10.7   No cash rent 134 3.5
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 253 3.6   Median (dollars) 519 (X)
Coal or coke 14 0.2        
Wood 0 0.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 6 0.1    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 837 21.9
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 518 13.6
        20 to 24 percent 495 13.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 417 10.9
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 14 0.2   30 to 34 percent 325 8.5
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 13 0.2   35 percent or more 1,059 27.7
No telephone service 85 1.2   Not computed 170 4.4
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.