DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Poestenkill 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 1,628 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,527 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,344 82.6   1.00 or less 1,514 99.1
1-unit, attached 6 0.4   1.01 to 1.50 13 0.9
2 units 80 4.9   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 93 5.7        
5 to 9 units 28 1.7             Specified owner-occupied units 961 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 48 5.0
Mobile home 77 4.7   $50,000 to $99,999 309 32.2
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 314 32.7
        $150,000 to $199,000 167 17.4
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 117 12.2
1999 to March 2000 6 0.4   $300,000 to $499,999 6 0.6
1995 to 1998 60 3.7   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 150 9.2   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 260 16.0   Median (dollars) 117,600 (X)
1970 to 1979 235 14.4        
1960 to 1969 226 13.9   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 338 20.8    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 353 21.7   With a mortgage 649 67.5
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 19 2.0
1 room 12 0.7        $500 to $699 45 4.7
2 rooms 15 0.9        $700 to $999 152 15.8
3 rooms 85 5.2        $1,000 to $1,499 221 23.0
4 rooms 147 9.0        $1,500 to $1,999 166 17.3
5 rooms 279 17.1        $2,000 or more 46 4.8
6 rooms 285 17.5        Median (dollars) 1,226 (X)
7 rooms 309 19.0   Not mortgaged 312 32.5
8 rooms 216 13.3        Median (dollars) 318 (X)
9 or more rooms 280 17.2        
Median (rooms) 6.5 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 1,527 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 351 36.5
1999 to March 2000 225 14.7   15 to 19 percent 197 20.5
1995 to 1998 288 18.9   20 to 24 percent 125 13.0
1990 to 1994 238 15.6   25 to 29 percent 132 13.7
1980 to 1989 293 19.2   30 to 34 percent 43 4.5
1970 to 1979 229 15.0   35 percent or more 106 11.0
1969 or earlier 254 16.6   Not computed 7 0.7
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 232 100.0
None 105 6.9   GROSS RENT    
1 415 27.2   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 761 49.8   $200 to $299 6 2.6
3 or more 246 16.1   $300 to $499 56 24.1
        $500 to $749 111 47.8
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 14 6.0
Utility Gas 6 0.4   $1,000 to $1,499 7 3.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 145 9.5   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 170 11.1   No cash rent 38 16.4
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 1,076 70.5   Median (dollars) 597 (X)
Coal or coke 6 0.4        
Wood 111 7.3   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 7 0.5   Less than 15 percent 58 25.0
No fuel used 6 0.4   15 to 19 percent 35 15.1
        20 to 24 percent 41 17.7
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 0 0.0
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 6 0.4   30 to 34 percent 14 6.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 14 0.9   35 percent or more 46 19.8
No telephone service 12 0.8   Not computed 38 16.4
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.