DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: New Scotland 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 3,473 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 3,342 100.0
1-unit, detached 2,811 80.9   1.00 or less 3,280 98.1
1-unit, attached 49 1.4   1.01 to 1.50 62 1.9
2 units 242 7.0   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 185 5.3        
5 to 9 units 17 0.5             Specified owner-occupied units 2,285 100.0
10 to 19 units 14 0.4   VALUE    
20 or more units 19 0.5   Less than $50,000 25 1.1
Mobile home 136 3.9   $50,000 to $99,999 553 24.2
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 1,062 46.5
        $150,000 to $199,000 378 16.5
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 172 7.5
1999 to March 2000 23 0.7   $300,000 to $499,999 76 3.3
1995 to 1998 200 5.8   $500,000 to $999,999 5 0.2
1990 to 1994 166 4.8   $1,000,000 or more 14 0.6
1980 to 1989 293 8.4   Median (dollars) 122,800 (X)
1970 to 1979 550 15.8        
1960 to 1969 696 20.0   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 622 17.9    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 923 26.6   With a mortgage 1,567 68.6
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 20 0.9
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 53 2.3
2 rooms 83 2.4        $700 to $999 442 19.3
3 rooms 95 2.7        $1,000 to $1,499 661 28.9
4 rooms 384 11.1        $1,500 to $1,999 219 9.6
5 rooms 617 17.8        $2,000 or more 172 7.5
6 rooms 624 18.0        Median (dollars) 1,162 (X)
7 rooms 616 17.7   Not mortgaged 718 31.4
8 rooms 520 15.0        Median (dollars) 414 (X)
9 or more rooms 534 15.4        
Median (rooms) 6.4 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 3,342 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 895 39.2
1999 to March 2000 335 10.0   15 to 19 percent 488 21.4
1995 to 1998 693 20.7   20 to 24 percent 290 12.7
1990 to 1994 532 15.9   25 to 29 percent 215 9.4
1980 to 1989 669 20.0   30 to 34 percent 80 3.5
1970 to 1979 534 16.0   35 percent or more 298 13.0
1969 or earlier 579 17.3   Not computed 19 0.8
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 576 100.0
None 103 3.1   GROSS RENT    
1 873 26.1   Less than $200 17 3.0
2 1,699 50.8   $200 to $299 19 3.3
3 or more 667 20.0   $300 to $499 103 17.9
        $500 to $749 274 47.6
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 94 16.3
Utility Gas 1,133 33.9   $1,000 to $1,499 5 0.9
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 170 5.1   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 238 7.1   No cash rent 64 11.1
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 1,671 50.0   Median (dollars) 628 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 95 2.8   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 35 1.0   Less than 15 percent 161 28.0
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 72 12.5
        20 to 24 percent 75 13.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 76 13.2
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 11 0.3   30 to 34 percent 44 7.6
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 7 0.2   35 percent or more 84 14.6
No telephone service 27 0.8   Not computed 64 11.1
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.