DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Colonie 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 32,280 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 30,980 100.0
1-unit, detached 22,677 70.3   1.00 or less 30,537 98.6
1-unit, attached 724 2.2   1.01 to 1.50 335 1.1
2 units 2,249 7.0   1.51 or more 108 0.3
3 or 4 units 1,035 3.2        
5 to 9 units 1,216 3.8             Specified owner-occupied units 20,619 100.0
10 to 19 units 1,608 5.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 2,103 6.5   Less than $50,000 101 0.5
Mobile home 666 2.1   $50,000 to $99,999 6,215 30.1
Boat, RV, van, etc. 2 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 8,974 43.5
        $150,000 to $199,000 3,181 15.4
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 1,475 7.2
1999 to March 2000 424 1.3   $300,000 to $499,999 554 2.7
1995 to 1998 1,177 3.6   $500,000 to $999,999 86 0.4
1990 to 1994 1,701 5.3   $1,000,000 or more 33 0.2
1980 to 1989 4,126 12.8   Median (dollars) 118,300 (X)
1970 to 1979 5,751 17.8        
1960 to 1969 6,073 18.8   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 9,304 28.8    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 3,724 11.5   With a mortgage 13,766 66.8
             Less than $300 8 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 302 1.5
1 room 287 0.9        $500 to $699 1,002 4.9
2 rooms 713 2.2        $700 to $999 3,358 16.3
3 rooms 2,433 7.5        $1,000 to $1,499 5,978 29.0
4 rooms 4,217 13.1        $1,500 to $1,999 1,909 9.3
5 rooms 5,722 17.7        $2,000 or more 1,209 5.9
6 rooms 6,557 20.3        Median (dollars) 1,163 (X)
7 rooms 5,279 16.4   Not mortgaged 6,853 33.2
8 rooms 3,868 12.0        Median (dollars) 352 (X)
9 or more rooms 3,204 9.9        
Median (rooms) 5.9 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 30,980 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 8,224 39.9
1999 to March 2000 4,117 13.3   15 to 19 percent 3,778 18.3
1995 to 1998 7,367 23.8   20 to 24 percent 3,099 15.0
1990 to 1994 4,710 15.2   25 to 29 percent 1,721 8.3
1980 to 1989 5,533 17.9   30 to 34 percent 1,203 5.8
1970 to 1979 3,976 12.8   35 percent or more 2,502 12.1
1969 or earlier 5,277 17.0   Not computed 92 0.4
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 8,700 100.0
None 2,033 6.6   GROSS RENT    
1 11,321 36.5   Less than $200 132 1.5
2 13,114 42.3   $200 to $299 215 2.5
3 or more 4,512 14.6   $300 to $499 1,021 11.7
        $500 to $749 3,927 45.1
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 2,372 27.3
Utility Gas 23,130 74.7   $1,000 to $1,499 596 6.9
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 480 1.5   $1,500 or more 69 0.8
Electricity 3,418 11.0   No cash rent 368 4.2
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 3,732 12.0   Median (dollars) 688 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 140 0.5   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 48 0.2   Less than 15 percent 1,737 20.0
No fuel used 32 0.1   15 to 19 percent 1,565 18.0
        20 to 24 percent 1,232 14.2
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 931 10.7
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 81 0.3   30 to 34 percent 669 7.7
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 63 0.2   35 percent or more 2,109 24.2
No telephone service 159 0.5   Not computed 457 5.3
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.