DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Saratoga County
[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 86,701 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 78,165 100.0
1-unit, detached 52,537 60.6   1.00 or less 77,408 99.0
1-unit, attached 4,073 4.7   1.01 to 1.50 583 0.7
2 units 6,199 7.1   1.51 or more 174 0.2
3 or 4 units 5,585 6.4        
5 to 9 units 3,833 4.4             Specified owner-occupied units 43,049 100.0
10 to 19 units 2,634 3.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 2,592 3.0   Less than $50,000 824 1.9
Mobile home 9,075 10.5   $50,000 to $99,999 13,509 31.4
Boat, RV, van, etc. 173 0.2   $100,000 to $149,999 16,732 38.9
        $150,000 to $199,000 7,219 16.8
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 3,477 8.1
1999 to March 2000 2,247 2.6   $300,000 to $499,999 1,097 2.5
1995 to 1998 6,447 7.4   $500,000 to $999,999 148 0.3
1990 to 1994 8,469 9.8   $1,000,000 or more 43 0.1
1980 to 1989 16,870 19.5   Median (dollars) 120,400 (X)
1970 to 1979 15,816 18.2        
1960 to 1969 9,501 11.0   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 10,566 12.2    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 16,785 19.4   With a mortgage 31,979 74.3
             Less than $300 55 0.1
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 643 1.5
1 room 637 0.7        $500 to $699 2,061 4.8
2 rooms 2,371 2.7        $700 to $999 7,381 17.1
3 rooms 5,971 6.9        $1,000 to $1,499 13,129 30.5
4 rooms 13,988 16.1        $1,500 to $1,999 6,090 14.1
5 rooms 16,457 19.0        $2,000 or more 2,620 6.1
6 rooms 14,762 17.0        Median (dollars) 1,200 (X)
7 rooms 12,448 14.4   Not mortgaged 11,070 25.7
8 rooms 10,377 12.0        Median (dollars) 381 (X)
9 or more rooms 9,690 11.2        
Median (rooms) 5.8 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 78,165 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 13,842 32.2
1999 to March 2000 14,035 18.0   15 to 19 percent 8,862 20.6
1995 to 1998 20,809 26.6   20 to 24 percent 6,727 15.6
1990 to 1994 12,729 16.3   25 to 29 percent 4,627 10.7
1980 to 1989 14,500 18.6   30 to 34 percent 2,748 6.4
1970 to 1979 7,718 9.9   35 percent or more 6,088 14.1
1969 or earlier 8,374 10.7   Not computed 155 0.4
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 21,661 100.0
None 4,398 5.6   GROSS RENT    
1 25,299 32.4   Less than $200 526 2.4
2 36,088 46.2   $200 to $299 630 2.9
3 or more 12,380 15.8   $300 to $499 3,626 16.7
        $500 to $749 10,134 46.8
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 4,105 19.0
Utility Gas 39,998 51.2   $1,000 to $1,499 1,133 5.2
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 5,690 7.3   $1,500 or more 347 1.6
Electricity 8,492 10.9   No cash rent 1,160 5.4
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 20,942 26.8   Median (dollars) 638 (X)
Coal or coke 85 0.1        
Wood 2,482 3.2   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 20 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 338 0.4   Less than 15 percent 4,226 19.5
No fuel used 118 0.2   15 to 19 percent 3,560 16.4
        20 to 24 percent 3,262 15.1
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 2,358 10.9
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 212 0.3   30 to 34 percent 1,580 7.3
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 223 0.3   35 percent or more 5,325 24.6
No telephone service 507 0.6   Not computed 1,350 6.2
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.