DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Galway 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 1,879 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,387 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,674 89.1   1.00 or less 1,387 100.0
1-unit, attached 13 0.7   1.01 to 1.50 0 0.0
2 units 79 4.2   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 16 0.9        
5 to 9 units 12 0.6             Specified owner-occupied units 823 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 49 6.0
Mobile home 85 4.5   $50,000 to $99,999 287 34.9
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 287 34.9
        $150,000 to $199,000 122 14.8
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 78 9.5
1999 to March 2000 16 0.9   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 76 4.0   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 103 5.5   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 259 13.8   Median (dollars) 110,200 (X)
1970 to 1979 366 19.5        
1960 to 1969 161 8.6   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 311 16.6    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 587 31.2   With a mortgage 593 72.1
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 20 2.4
1 room 19 1.0        $500 to $699 61 7.4
2 rooms 19 1.0        $700 to $999 163 19.8
3 rooms 89 4.7        $1,000 to $1,499 210 25.5
4 rooms 305 16.2        $1,500 to $1,999 125 15.2
5 rooms 381 20.3        $2,000 or more 14 1.7
6 rooms 373 19.9        Median (dollars) 1,092 (X)
7 rooms 283 15.1   Not mortgaged 230 27.9
8 rooms 211 11.2        Median (dollars) 300 (X)
9 or more rooms 199 10.6        
Median (rooms) 5.8 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 1,387 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 294 35.7
1999 to March 2000 133 9.6   15 to 19 percent 121 14.7
1995 to 1998 269 19.4   20 to 24 percent 124 15.1
1990 to 1994 202 14.6   25 to 29 percent 79 9.6
1980 to 1989 357 25.7   30 to 34 percent 75 9.1
1970 to 1979 234 16.9   35 percent or more 128 15.6
1969 or earlier 192 13.8   Not computed 2 0.2
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 198 100.0
None 51 3.7   GROSS RENT    
1 348 25.1   Less than $200 5 2.5
2 652 47.0   $200 to $299 0 0.0
3 or more 336 24.2   $300 to $499 13 6.6
        $500 to $749 91 46.0
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 46 23.2
Utility Gas 20 1.4   $1,000 to $1,499 12 6.1
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 179 12.9   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 134 9.7   No cash rent 31 15.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 887 64.0   Median (dollars) 644 (X)
Coal or coke 7 0.5        
Wood 142 10.2   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 18 1.3   Less than 15 percent 50 25.3
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 12 6.1
        20 to 24 percent 19 9.6
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 29 14.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 13 0.9   30 to 34 percent 18 9.1
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 20 1.4   35 percent or more 39 19.7
No telephone service 0 0.0   Not computed 31 15.7
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.