DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Saratoga Springs 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 11,584 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 10,784 100.0
1-unit, detached 5,966 51.5   1.00 or less 10,708 99.3
1-unit, attached 646 5.6   1.01 to 1.50 50 0.5
2 units 1,214 10.5   1.51 or more 26 0.2
3 or 4 units 1,284 11.1        
5 to 9 units 706 6.1             Specified owner-occupied units 5,211 100.0
10 to 19 units 490 4.2   VALUE    
20 or more units 1,062 9.2   Less than $50,000 32 0.6
Mobile home 209 1.8   $50,000 to $99,999 1,564 30.0
Boat, RV, van, etc. 7 0.1   $100,000 to $149,999 1,619 31.1
        $150,000 to $199,000 956 18.3
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 621 11.9
1999 to March 2000 403 3.5   $300,000 to $499,999 336 6.4
1995 to 1998 433 3.7   $500,000 to $999,999 56 1.1
1990 to 1994 575 5.0   $1,000,000 or more 27 0.5
1980 to 1989 1,146 9.9   Median (dollars) 128,400 (X)
1970 to 1979 2,162 18.7        
1960 to 1969 1,474 12.7   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 1,560 13.5    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 3,831 33.1   With a mortgage 3,721 71.4
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 42 0.8
1 room 280 2.4        $500 to $699 245 4.7
2 rooms 890 7.7        $700 to $999 874 16.8
3 rooms 1,304 11.3        $1,000 to $1,499 1,399 26.8
4 rooms 1,658 14.3        $1,500 to $1,999 715 13.7
5 rooms 1,823 15.7        $2,000 or more 446 8.6
6 rooms 1,751 15.1        Median (dollars) 1,195 (X)
7 rooms 1,521 13.1   Not mortgaged 1,490 28.6
8 rooms 1,137 9.8        Median (dollars) 437 (X)
9 or more rooms 1,220 10.5        
Median (rooms) 5.4 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 10,784 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 1,688 32.4
1999 to March 2000 2,788 25.9   15 to 19 percent 1,133 21.7
1995 to 1998 2,957 27.4   20 to 24 percent 763 14.6
1990 to 1994 1,371 12.7   25 to 29 percent 555 10.7
1980 to 1989 1,776 16.5   30 to 34 percent 255 4.9
1970 to 1979 939 8.7   35 percent or more 793 15.2
1969 or earlier 953 8.8   Not computed 24 0.5
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 4,754 100.0
None 1,315 12.2   GROSS RENT    
1 4,067 37.7   Less than $200 229 4.8
2 4,186 38.8   $200 to $299 276 5.8
3 or more 1,216 11.3   $300 to $499 888 18.7
        $500 to $749 1,982 41.7
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 693 14.6
Utility Gas 7,517 69.7   $1,000 to $1,499 173 3.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 238 2.2   $1,500 or more 131 2.8
Electricity 1,943 18.0   No cash rent 382 8.0
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 881 8.2   Median (dollars) 594 (X)
Coal or coke 7 0.1        
Wood 105 1.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 40 0.4   Less than 15 percent 782 16.4
No fuel used 53 0.5   15 to 19 percent 743 15.6
        20 to 24 percent 661 13.9
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 433 9.1
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 8 0.1   30 to 34 percent 328 6.9
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 64 0.6   35 percent or more 1,358 28.6
No telephone service 58 0.5   Not computed 449 9.4
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.