DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Hoosick 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 2,879 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 2,616 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,887 65.5   1.00 or less 2,562 97.9
1-unit, attached 70 2.4   1.01 to 1.50 40 1.5
2 units 288 10.0   1.51 or more 14 0.5
3 or 4 units 300 10.4        
5 to 9 units 74 2.6             Specified owner-occupied units 1,373 100.0
10 to 19 units 16 0.6   VALUE    
20 or more units 96 3.3   Less than $50,000 79 5.8
Mobile home 148 5.1   $50,000 to $99,999 833 60.7
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 321 23.4
        $150,000 to $199,000 82 6.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 49 3.6
1999 to March 2000 29 1.0   $300,000 to $499,999 9 0.7
1995 to 1998 116 4.0   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 154 5.3   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 317 11.0   Median (dollars) 86,100 (X)
1970 to 1979 184 6.4        
1960 to 1969 166 5.8   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 363 12.6    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 1,550 53.8   With a mortgage 810 59.0
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 11 0.8
1 room 6 0.2        $500 to $699 110 8.0
2 rooms 37 1.3        $700 to $999 345 25.1
3 rooms 235 8.2        $1,000 to $1,499 269 19.6
4 rooms 402 14.0        $1,500 to $1,999 58 4.2
5 rooms 512 17.8        $2,000 or more 17 1.2
6 rooms 563 19.6        Median (dollars) 940 (X)
7 rooms 468 16.3   Not mortgaged 563 41.0
8 rooms 253 8.8        Median (dollars) 333 (X)
9 or more rooms 403 14.0        
Median (rooms) 5.9 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 2,616 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 511 37.2
1999 to March 2000 325 12.4   15 to 19 percent 242 17.6
1995 to 1998 625 23.9   20 to 24 percent 222 16.2
1990 to 1994 391 14.9   25 to 29 percent 132 9.6
1980 to 1989 471 18.0   30 to 34 percent 94 6.8
1970 to 1979 347 13.3   35 percent or more 153 11.1
1969 or earlier 457 17.5   Not computed 19 1.4
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 695 100.0
None 214 8.2   GROSS RENT    
1 1,066 40.7   Less than $200 38 5.5
2 1,000 38.2   $200 to $299 33 4.7
3 or more 336 12.8   $300 to $499 302 43.5
        $500 to $749 230 33.1
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 52 7.5
Utility Gas 51 1.9   $1,000 to $1,499 10 1.4
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 219 8.4   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 242 9.3   No cash rent 30 4.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 1,905 72.8   Median (dollars) 481 (X)
Coal or coke 6 0.2        
Wood 182 7.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 11 0.4   Less than 15 percent 118 17.0
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 101 14.5
        20 to 24 percent 110 15.8
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 67 9.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 6 0.2   30 to 34 percent 48 6.9
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 26 1.0   35 percent or more 214 30.8
No telephone service 42 1.6   Not computed 37 5.3
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.