DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Troy city
[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 23,093 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 19,996 100.0
1-unit, detached 5,521 23.9   1.00 or less 19,600 98.0
1-unit, attached 847 3.7   1.01 to 1.50 269 1.3
2 units 7,440 32.2   1.51 or more 127 0.6
3 or 4 units 4,111 17.8        
5 to 9 units 1,720 7.4             Specified owner-occupied units 5,042 100.0
10 to 19 units 925 4.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 2,364 10.2   Less than $50,000 471 9.3
Mobile home 159 0.7   $50,000 to $99,999 3,078 61.0
Boat, RV, van, etc. 6 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 1,250 24.8
        $150,000 to $199,000 185 3.7
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 45 0.9
1999 to March 2000 95 0.4   $300,000 to $499,999 13 0.3
1995 to 1998 406 1.8   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 541 2.3   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 970 4.2   Median (dollars) 88,000 (X)
1970 to 1979 1,821 7.9        
1960 to 1969 1,817 7.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 4,013 17.4    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 13,430 58.2   With a mortgage 3,203 63.5
             Less than $300 6 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 133 2.6
1 room 390 1.7        $500 to $699 253 5.0
2 rooms 1,085 4.7        $700 to $999 935 18.5
3 rooms 2,885 12.5        $1,000 to $1,499 1,499 29.7
4 rooms 3,721 16.1        $1,500 to $1,999 307 6.1
5 rooms 4,385 19.0        $2,000 or more 70 1.4
6 rooms 4,820 20.9        Median (dollars) 1,076 (X)
7 rooms 2,897 12.5   Not mortgaged 1,839 36.5
8 rooms 1,500 6.5        Median (dollars) 415 (X)
9 or more rooms 1,410 6.1        
Median (rooms) 5.3 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 19,996 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 1,781 35.3
1999 to March 2000 4,906 24.5   15 to 19 percent 897 17.8
1995 to 1998 5,358 26.8   20 to 24 percent 711 14.1
1990 to 1994 2,587 12.9   25 to 29 percent 550 10.9
1980 to 1989 2,863 14.3   30 to 34 percent 330 6.5
1970 to 1979 1,634 8.2   35 percent or more 733 14.5
1969 or earlier 2,648 13.2   Not computed 40 0.8
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 11,948 100.0
None 4,492 22.5   GROSS RENT    
1 8,936 44.7   Less than $200 1,016 8.5
2 5,232 26.2   $200 to $299 820 6.9
3 or more 1,336 6.7   $300 to $499 3,504 29.3
        $500 to $749 4,989 41.8
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 1,027 8.6
Utility Gas 14,893 74.5   $1,000 to $1,499 272 2.3
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 303 1.5   $1,500 or more 5 0.0
Electricity 3,010 15.1   No cash rent 315 2.6
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 1,581 7.9   Median (dollars) 519 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 22 0.1   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 41 0.2   Less than 15 percent 2,399 20.1
No fuel used 146 0.7   15 to 19 percent 1,647 13.8
        20 to 24 percent 1,372 11.5
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 1,172 9.8
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 123 0.6   30 to 34 percent 842 7.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 119 0.6   35 percent or more 3,849 32.2
No telephone service 445 2.2   Not computed 667 5.6
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.