DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Petersburgh 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 695 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 587 100.0
1-unit, detached 535 77.0   1.00 or less 578 98.5
1-unit, attached 3 0.4   1.01 to 1.50 7 1.2
2 units 17 2.4   1.51 or more 2 0.3
3 or 4 units 7 1.0        
5 to 9 units 0 0.0             Specified owner-occupied units 268 100.0
10 to 19 units 2 0.3   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 38 14.2
Mobile home 119 17.1   $50,000 to $99,999 159 59.3
Boat, RV, van, etc. 12 1.7   $100,000 to $149,999 63 23.5
        $150,000 to $199,000 4 1.5
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 2 0.7
1999 to March 2000 12 1.7   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 51 7.3   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 66 9.5   $1,000,000 or more 2 0.7
1980 to 1989 106 15.3   Median (dollars) 82,600 (X)
1970 to 1979 79 11.4        
1960 to 1969 56 8.1   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 64 9.2    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 261 37.6   With a mortgage 145 54.1
             Less than $300 2 0.7
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 6 2.2
1 room 8 1.2        $500 to $699 12 4.5
2 rooms 9 1.3        $700 to $999 72 26.9
3 rooms 31 4.5        $1,000 to $1,499 48 17.9
4 rooms 111 16.0        $1,500 to $1,999 5 1.9
5 rooms 159 22.9        $2,000 or more 0 0.0
6 rooms 153 22.0        Median (dollars) 915 (X)
7 rooms 98 14.1   Not mortgaged 123 45.9
8 rooms 55 7.9        Median (dollars) 301 (X)
9 or more rooms 71 10.2        
Median (rooms) 5.7 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 587 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 109 40.7
1999 to March 2000 53 9.0   15 to 19 percent 52 19.4
1995 to 1998 132 22.5   20 to 24 percent 38 14.2
1990 to 1994 87 14.8   25 to 29 percent 26 9.7
1980 to 1989 140 23.9   30 to 34 percent 9 3.4
1970 to 1979 96 16.4   35 percent or more 28 10.4
1969 or earlier 79 13.5   Not computed 6 2.2
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 68 100.0
None 23 3.9   GROSS RENT    
1 177 30.2   Less than $200 4 5.9
2 264 45.0   $200 to $299 2 2.9
3 or more 123 21.0   $300 to $499 19 27.9
        $500 to $749 22 32.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 9 13.2
Utility Gas 2 0.3   $1,000 to $1,499 3 4.4
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 59 10.1   $1,500 or more 2 2.9
Electricity 22 3.7   No cash rent 7 10.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 373 63.5   Median (dollars) 588 (X)
Coal or coke 9 1.5        
Wood 114 19.4   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 6 1.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 2 0.3   Less than 15 percent 10 14.7
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 10 14.7
        20 to 24 percent 12 17.6
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 11 16.2
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 14 2.4   30 to 34 percent 8 11.8
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 5 0.9   35 percent or more 10 14.7
No telephone service 2 0.3   Not computed 7 10.3
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.