DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Malta 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 5,754 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 5,295 100.0
1-unit, detached 2,932 51.0   1.00 or less 5,253 99.2
1-unit, attached 718 12.5   1.01 to 1.50 18 0.3
2 units 195 3.4   1.51 or more 24 0.5
3 or 4 units 967 16.8        
5 to 9 units 225 3.9             Specified owner-occupied units 2,753 100.0
10 to 19 units 51 0.9   VALUE    
20 or more units 41 0.7   Less than $50,000 0 0.0
Mobile home 618 10.7   $50,000 to $99,999 779 28.3
Boat, RV, van, etc. 7 0.1   $100,000 to $149,999 1,219 44.3
        $150,000 to $199,000 490 17.8
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 183 6.6
1999 to March 2000 78 1.4   $300,000 to $499,999 54 2.0
1995 to 1998 266 4.6   $500,000 to $999,999 28 1.0
1990 to 1994 949 16.5   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 2,026 35.2   Median (dollars) 122,400 (X)
1970 to 1979 1,315 22.9        
1960 to 1969 220 3.8   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 352 6.1    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 548 9.5   With a mortgage 2,340 85.0
             Less than $300 8 0.3
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 39 1.4
1 room 65 1.1        $500 to $699 73 2.7
2 rooms 45 0.8        $700 to $999 577 21.0
3 rooms 227 3.9        $1,000 to $1,499 1,009 36.7
4 rooms 1,535 26.7        $1,500 to $1,999 517 18.8
5 rooms 1,167 20.3        $2,000 or more 117 4.2
6 rooms 920 16.0        Median (dollars) 1,223 (X)
7 rooms 668 11.6   Not mortgaged 413 15.0
8 rooms 683 11.9        Median (dollars) 416 (X)
9 or more rooms 444 7.7        
Median (rooms) 5.4 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 5,295 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 741 26.9
1999 to March 2000 1,132 21.4   15 to 19 percent 682 24.8
1995 to 1998 1,664 31.4   20 to 24 percent 543 19.7
1990 to 1994 977 18.5   25 to 29 percent 284 10.3
1980 to 1989 1,004 19.0   30 to 34 percent 179 6.5
1970 to 1979 295 5.6   35 percent or more 324 11.8
1969 or earlier 223 4.2   Not computed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 1,752 100.0
None 79 1.5   GROSS RENT    
1 1,845 34.8   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 2,717 51.3   $200 to $299 0 0.0
3 or more 654 12.4   $300 to $499 126 7.2
        $500 to $749 1,169 66.7
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 302 17.2
Utility Gas 2,859 54.0   $1,000 to $1,499 140 8.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 532 10.0   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 630 11.9   No cash rent 15 0.9
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 1,138 21.5   Median (dollars) 676 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 103 1.9   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 26 0.5   Less than 15 percent 540 30.8
No fuel used 7 0.1   15 to 19 percent 314 17.9
        20 to 24 percent 262 15.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 220 12.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 16 0.3   30 to 34 percent 105 6.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 8 0.2   35 percent or more 282 16.1
No telephone service 65 1.2   Not computed 29 1.7
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.