DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Mechanicville 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 2,386 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 2,219 100.0
1-unit, detached 523 21.9   1.00 or less 2,215 99.8
1-unit, attached 72 3.0   1.01 to 1.50 4 0.2
2 units 955 40.0   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 407 17.1        
5 to 9 units 232 9.7             Specified owner-occupied units 446 100.0
10 to 19 units 51 2.1   VALUE    
20 or more units 141 5.9   Less than $50,000 21 4.7
Mobile home 5 0.2   $50,000 to $99,999 377 84.5
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 42 9.4
        $150,000 to $199,000 0 0.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 0 0.0
1999 to March 2000 15 0.6   $300,000 to $499,999 6 1.3
1995 to 1998 56 2.3   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 70 2.9   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 149 6.2   Median (dollars) 85,100 (X)
1970 to 1979 121 5.1        
1960 to 1969 63 2.6   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 327 13.7    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 1,585 66.4   With a mortgage 262 58.7
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 0 0.0
1 room 8 0.3        $500 to $699 22 4.9
2 rooms 78 3.3        $700 to $999 127 28.5
3 rooms 200 8.4        $1,000 to $1,499 100 22.4
4 rooms 428 17.9        $1,500 to $1,999 5 1.1
5 rooms 484 20.3        $2,000 or more 8 1.8
6 rooms 556 23.3        Median (dollars) 955 (X)
7 rooms 311 13.0   Not mortgaged 184 41.3
8 rooms 148 6.2        Median (dollars) 439 (X)
9 or more rooms 173 7.3        
Median (rooms) 5.5 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 2,219 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 95 21.3
1999 to March 2000 323 14.6   15 to 19 percent 101 22.6
1995 to 1998 621 28.0   20 to 24 percent 66 14.8
1990 to 1994 340 15.3   25 to 29 percent 79 17.7
1980 to 1989 255 11.5   30 to 34 percent 27 6.1
1970 to 1979 172 7.8   35 percent or more 78 17.5
1969 or earlier 508 22.9   Not computed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 1,287 100.0
None 315 14.2   GROSS RENT    
1 999 45.0   Less than $200 62 4.8
2 712 32.1   $200 to $299 69 5.4
3 or more 193 8.7   $300 to $499 392 30.5
        $500 to $749 557 43.3
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 105 8.2
Utility Gas 1,556 70.1   $1,000 to $1,499 13 1.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 8 0.4   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 290 13.1   No cash rent 89 6.9
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 335 15.1   Median (dollars) 527 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 7 0.3   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 23 1.0   Less than 15 percent 273 21.2
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 151 11.7
        20 to 24 percent 233 18.1
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 183 14.2
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 10 0.5   30 to 34 percent 83 6.4
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 263 20.4
No telephone service 7 0.3   Not computed 101 7.8
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.