DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Rensselaerville 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 1,187 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 779 100.0
1-unit, detached 947 79.8   1.00 or less 775 99.5
1-unit, attached 24 2.0   1.01 to 1.50 4 0.5
2 units 35 2.9   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 11 0.9        
5 to 9 units 12 1.0             Specified owner-occupied units 329 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 3 0.3   Less than $50,000 27 8.2
Mobile home 152 12.8   $50,000 to $99,999 175 53.2
Boat, RV, van, etc. 3 0.3   $100,000 to $149,999 94 28.6
        $150,000 to $199,000 22 6.7
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 11 3.3
1999 to March 2000 4 0.3   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 33 2.8   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 99 8.3   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 151 12.7   Median (dollars) 90,900 (X)
1970 to 1979 188 15.8        
1960 to 1969 88 7.4   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 129 10.9    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 495 41.7   With a mortgage 212 64.4
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 2 0.6
1 room 9 0.8        $500 to $699 26 7.9
2 rooms 27 2.3        $700 to $999 83 25.2
3 rooms 103 8.7        $1,000 to $1,499 75 22.8
4 rooms 165 13.9        $1,500 to $1,999 16 4.9
5 rooms 256 21.6        $2,000 or more 10 3.0
6 rooms 248 20.9        Median (dollars) 981 (X)
7 rooms 143 12.0   Not mortgaged 117 35.6
8 rooms 115 9.7        Median (dollars) 290 (X)
9 or more rooms 121 10.2        
Median (rooms) 5.6 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 779 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 93 28.3
1999 to March 2000 88 11.3   15 to 19 percent 67 20.4
1995 to 1998 161 20.7   20 to 24 percent 49 14.9
1990 to 1994 128 16.4   25 to 29 percent 20 6.1
1980 to 1989 200 25.7   30 to 34 percent 24 7.3
1970 to 1979 116 14.9   35 percent or more 73 22.2
1969 or earlier 86 11.0   Not computed 3 0.9
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 110 100.0
None 41 5.3   GROSS RENT    
1 218 28.0   Less than $200 2 1.8
2 319 40.9   $200 to $299 3 2.7
3 or more 201 25.8   $300 to $499 35 31.8
        $500 to $749 31 28.2
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 6 5.5
Utility Gas 4 0.5   $1,000 to $1,499 5 4.5
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 59 7.6   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 16 2.1   No cash rent 28 25.5
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 618 79.3   Median (dollars) 508 (X)
Coal or coke 5 0.6        
Wood 77 9.9   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 20 18.2
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 12 10.9
        20 to 24 percent 16 14.5
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 7 6.4
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 8 1.0   30 to 34 percent 4 3.6
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 5 0.6   35 percent or more 23 20.9
No telephone service 8 1.0   Not computed 28 25.5
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.