DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Watervliet 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 5,116 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 4,665 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,125 22.0   1.00 or less 4,594 98.5
1-unit, attached 183 3.6   1.01 to 1.50 29 0.6
2 units 2,048 40.0   1.51 or more 42 0.9
3 or 4 units 894 17.5        
5 to 9 units 277 5.4             Specified owner-occupied units 1,000 100.0
10 to 19 units 262 5.1   VALUE    
20 or more units 320 6.3   Less than $50,000 83 8.3
Mobile home 7 0.1   $50,000 to $99,999 758 75.8
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 140 14.0
        $150,000 to $199,000 14 1.4
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 5 0.5
1999 to March 2000 9 0.2   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 17 0.3   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 20 0.4   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 188 3.7   Median (dollars) 84,300 (X)
1970 to 1979 496 9.7        
1960 to 1969 403 7.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 865 16.9    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 3,118 60.9   With a mortgage 516 51.6
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 11 1.1
1 room 58 1.1        $500 to $699 60 6.0
2 rooms 167 3.3        $700 to $999 204 20.4
3 rooms 648 12.7        $1,000 to $1,499 223 22.3
4 rooms 723 14.1        $1,500 to $1,999 9 0.9
5 rooms 1,091 21.3        $2,000 or more 9 0.9
6 rooms 1,259 24.6        Median (dollars) 978 (X)
7 rooms 593 11.6   Not mortgaged 484 48.4
8 rooms 235 4.6        Median (dollars) 353 (X)
9 or more rooms 342 6.7        
Median (rooms) 5.4 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 4,665 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 348 34.8
1999 to March 2000 999 21.4   15 to 19 percent 235 23.5
1995 to 1998 1,239 26.6   20 to 24 percent 151 15.1
1990 to 1994 590 12.6   25 to 29 percent 65 6.5
1980 to 1989 626 13.4   30 to 34 percent 62 6.2
1970 to 1979 308 6.6   35 percent or more 120 12.0
1969 or earlier 903 19.4   Not computed 19 1.9
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 2,740 100.0
None 927 19.9   GROSS RENT    
1 2,150 46.1   Less than $200 238 8.7
2 1,258 27.0   $200 to $299 161 5.9
3 or more 330 7.1   $300 to $499 597 21.8
        $500 to $749 1,337 48.8
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 233 8.5
Utility Gas 3,712 79.6   $1,000 to $1,499 62 2.3
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 65 1.4   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 678 14.5   No cash rent 112 4.1
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 203 4.4   Median (dollars) 558 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 0 0.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 7 0.2   Less than 15 percent 582 21.2
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 465 17.0
        20 to 24 percent 432 15.8
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 256 9.3
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 12 0.3   30 to 34 percent 180 6.6
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 701 25.6
No telephone service 79 1.7   Not computed 124 4.5
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.