DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Bethlehem 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 12,459 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 12,112 100.0
1-unit, detached 8,845 71.0   1.00 or less 12,007 99.1
1-unit, attached 780 6.3   1.01 to 1.50 74 0.6
2 units 928 7.4   1.51 or more 31 0.3
3 or 4 units 749 6.0        
5 to 9 units 498 4.0             Specified owner-occupied units 8,495 100.0
10 to 19 units 81 0.7   VALUE    
20 or more units 421 3.4   Less than $50,000 21 0.2
Mobile home 157 1.3   $50,000 to $99,999 1,252 14.7
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 3,356 39.5
        $150,000 to $199,000 2,201 25.9
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 1,319 15.5
1999 to March 2000 245 2.0   $300,000 to $499,999 291 3.4
1995 to 1998 828 6.6   $500,000 to $999,999 55 0.6
1990 to 1994 1,124 9.0   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 1,789 14.4   Median (dollars) 143,700 (X)
1970 to 1979 1,621 13.0        
1960 to 1969 1,656 13.3   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 3,050 24.5    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 2,146 17.2   With a mortgage 6,336 74.6
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 29 0.3
1 room 72 0.6        $500 to $699 263 3.1
2 rooms 195 1.6        $700 to $999 1,020 12.0
3 rooms 657 5.3        $1,000 to $1,499 2,383 28.1
4 rooms 1,462 11.7        $1,500 to $1,999 1,594 18.8
5 rooms 1,670 13.4        $2,000 or more 1,047 12.3
6 rooms 2,148 17.2        Median (dollars) 1,384 (X)
7 rooms 2,262 18.2   Not mortgaged 2,159 25.4
8 rooms 2,178 17.5        Median (dollars) 405 (X)
9 or more rooms 1,815 14.6        
Median (rooms) 6.5 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 12,112 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 3,172 37.3
1999 to March 2000 1,777 14.7   15 to 19 percent 1,735 20.4
1995 to 1998 2,974 24.6   20 to 24 percent 1,229 14.5
1990 to 1994 2,432 20.1   25 to 29 percent 821 9.7
1980 to 1989 2,158 17.8   30 to 34 percent 521 6.1
1970 to 1979 1,249 10.3   35 percent or more 1,003 11.8
1969 or earlier 1,522 12.6   Not computed 14 0.2
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 2,967 100.0
None 540 4.5   GROSS RENT    
1 3,883 32.1   Less than $200 17 0.6
2 6,028 49.8   $200 to $299 53 1.8
3 or more 1,661 13.7   $300 to $499 333 11.2
        $500 to $749 980 33.0
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 1,126 38.0
Utility Gas 8,053 66.5   $1,000 to $1,499 176 5.9
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 135 1.1   $1,500 or more 108 3.6
Electricity 1,063 8.8   No cash rent 174 5.9
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 2,761 22.8   Median (dollars) 753 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 60 0.5   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 9 0.1    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 31 0.3   Less than 15 percent 506 17.1
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 557 18.8
        20 to 24 percent 534 18.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 362 12.2
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 28 0.2   30 to 34 percent 165 5.6
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 59 0.5   35 percent or more 669 22.5
No telephone service 38 0.3   Not computed 174 5.9
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.