DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Nassau 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 2,056 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,849 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,580 76.8   1.00 or less 1,811 97.9
1-unit, attached 38 1.8   1.01 to 1.50 30 1.6
2 units 113 5.5   1.51 or more 8 0.4
3 or 4 units 76 3.7        
5 to 9 units 35 1.7             Specified owner-occupied units 974 100.0
10 to 19 units 58 2.8   VALUE    
20 or more units 24 1.2   Less than $50,000 60 6.2
Mobile home 132 6.4   $50,000 to $99,999 489 50.2
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 324 33.3
        $150,000 to $199,000 47 4.8
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 49 5.0
1999 to March 2000 15 0.7   $300,000 to $499,999 5 0.5
1995 to 1998 98 4.8   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 127 6.2   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 208 10.1   Median (dollars) 96,000 (X)
1970 to 1979 212 10.3        
1960 to 1969 197 9.6   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 466 22.7    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 733 35.7   With a mortgage 651 66.8
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 4 0.4
1 room 6 0.3        $500 to $699 101 10.4
2 rooms 33 1.6        $700 to $999 213 21.9
3 rooms 144 7.0        $1,000 to $1,499 281 28.9
4 rooms 273 13.3        $1,500 to $1,999 39 4.0
5 rooms 473 23.0        $2,000 or more 13 1.3
6 rooms 452 22.0        Median (dollars) 1,011 (X)
7 rooms 278 13.5   Not mortgaged 323 33.2
8 rooms 161 7.8        Median (dollars) 407 (X)
9 or more rooms 236 11.5        
Median (rooms) 5.7 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 1,849 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 327 33.6
1999 to March 2000 246 13.3   15 to 19 percent 196 20.1
1995 to 1998 418 22.6   20 to 24 percent 143 14.7
1990 to 1994 279 15.1   25 to 29 percent 103 10.6
1980 to 1989 373 20.2   30 to 34 percent 57 5.9
1970 to 1979 200 10.8   35 percent or more 132 13.6
1969 or earlier 333 18.0   Not computed 16 1.6
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 406 100.0
None 112 6.1   GROSS RENT    
1 494 26.7   Less than $200 2 0.5
2 741 40.1   $200 to $299 6 1.5
3 or more 502 27.1   $300 to $499 87 21.4
        $500 to $749 215 53.0
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 36 8.9
Utility Gas 3 0.2   $1,000 to $1,499 17 4.2
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 97 5.2   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 180 9.7   No cash rent 43 10.6
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 1,427 77.2   Median (dollars) 569 (X)
Coal or coke 2 0.1        
Wood 133 7.2   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 4 0.2   Less than 15 percent 63 15.5
No fuel used 3 0.2   15 to 19 percent 74 18.2
        20 to 24 percent 48 11.8
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 41 10.1
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 24 1.3   30 to 34 percent 31 7.6
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 20 1.1   35 percent or more 102 25.1
No telephone service 14 0.8   Not computed 47 11.6
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.