DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Menands village
[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 2,070 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,903 100.0
1-unit, detached 792 38.3   1.00 or less 1,856 97.5
1-unit, attached 41 2.0   1.01 to 1.50 21 1.1
2 units 106 5.1   1.51 or more 26 1.4
3 or 4 units 124 6.0        
5 to 9 units 263 12.7             Specified owner-occupied units 704 100.0
10 to 19 units 635 30.7   VALUE    
20 or more units 109 5.3   Less than $50,000 0 0.0
Mobile home 0 0.0   $50,000 to $99,999 252 35.8
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 154 21.9
        $150,000 to $199,000 24 3.4
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 98 13.9
1999 to March 2000 0 0.0   $300,000 to $499,999 134 19.0
1995 to 1998 23 1.1   $500,000 to $999,999 14 2.0
1990 to 1994 77 3.7   $1,000,000 or more 28 4.0
1980 to 1989 236 11.4   Median (dollars) 124,300 (X)
1970 to 1979 503 24.3        
1960 to 1969 417 20.1   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 368 17.8    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 446 21.5   With a mortgage 441 62.6
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 0 0.0
1 room 46 2.2        $500 to $699 47 6.7
2 rooms 124 6.0        $700 to $999 66 9.4
3 rooms 315 15.2        $1,000 to $1,499 150 21.3
4 rooms 430 20.8        $1,500 to $1,999 53 7.5
5 rooms 319 15.4        $2,000 or more 125 17.8
6 rooms 321 15.5        Median (dollars) 1,356 (X)
7 rooms 107 5.2   Not mortgaged 263 37.4
8 rooms 145 7.0        Median (dollars) 445 (X)
9 or more rooms 263 12.7        
Median (rooms) 4.9 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 1,903 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 311 44.2
1999 to March 2000 339 17.8   15 to 19 percent 99 14.1
1995 to 1998 521 27.4   20 to 24 percent 97 13.8
1990 to 1994 262 13.8   25 to 29 percent 58 8.2
1980 to 1989 311 16.3   30 to 34 percent 40 5.7
1970 to 1979 232 12.2   35 percent or more 99 14.1
1969 or earlier 238 12.5   Not computed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 1,156 100.0
None 146 7.7   GROSS RENT    
1 999 52.5   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 628 33.0   $200 to $299 7 0.6
3 or more 130 6.8   $300 to $499 30 2.6
        $500 to $749 608 52.6
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 395 34.2
Utility Gas 1,448 76.1   $1,000 to $1,499 104 9.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 25 1.3   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 247 13.0   No cash rent 12 1.0
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 155 8.1   Median (dollars) 724 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 7 0.4   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 6 0.3   Less than 15 percent 212 18.3
No fuel used 15 0.8   15 to 19 percent 292 25.3
        20 to 24 percent 181 15.7
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 90 7.8
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 5 0.3   30 to 34 percent 62 5.4
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 6 0.3   35 percent or more 300 26.0
No telephone service 0 0.0   Not computed 19 1.6
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.