DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Northumberland 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 1,717 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,593 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,335 77.8   1.00 or less 1,577 99.0
1-unit, attached 12 0.7   1.01 to 1.50 16 1.0
2 units 69 4.0   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 7 0.4        
5 to 9 units 38 2.2             Specified owner-occupied units 1,095 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 33 3.0
Mobile home 256 14.9   $50,000 to $99,999 516 47.1
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 467 42.6
        $150,000 to $199,000 45 4.1
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 27 2.5
1999 to March 2000 75 4.4   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 268 15.6   $500,000 to $999,999 7 0.6
1990 to 1994 243 14.2   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 416 24.2   Median (dollars) 99,900 (X)
1970 to 1979 280 16.3        
1960 to 1969 54 3.1   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 79 4.6    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 302 17.6   With a mortgage 946 86.4
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 29 2.6
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 52 4.7
2 rooms 0 0.0        $700 to $999 289 26.4
3 rooms 50 2.9        $1,000 to $1,499 487 44.5
4 rooms 179 10.4        $1,500 to $1,999 81 7.4
5 rooms 311 18.1        $2,000 or more 8 0.7
6 rooms 371 21.6        Median (dollars) 1,074 (X)
7 rooms 332 19.3   Not mortgaged 149 13.6
8 rooms 302 17.6        Median (dollars) 368 (X)
9 or more rooms 172 10.0        
Median (rooms) 6.4 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 1,593 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 245 22.4
1999 to March 2000 174 10.9   15 to 19 percent 221 20.2
1995 to 1998 497 31.2   20 to 24 percent 234 21.4
1990 to 1994 262 16.4   25 to 29 percent 148 13.5
1980 to 1989 364 22.8   30 to 34 percent 70 6.4
1970 to 1979 137 8.6   35 percent or more 170 15.5
1969 or earlier 159 10.0   Not computed 7 0.6
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 179 100.0
None 66 4.1   GROSS RENT    
1 338 21.2   Less than $200 12 6.7
2 875 54.9   $200 to $299 0 0.0
3 or more 314 19.7   $300 to $499 25 14.0
        $500 to $749 56 31.3
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 24 13.4
Utility Gas 504 31.6   $1,000 to $1,499 16 8.9
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 265 16.6   $1,500 or more 8 4.5
Electricity 146 9.2   No cash rent 38 21.2
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 522 32.8   Median (dollars) 631 (X)
Coal or coke 15 0.9        
Wood 141 8.9   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 19 10.6
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 31 17.3
        20 to 24 percent 22 12.3
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 18 10.1
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 6 0.4   30 to 34 percent 6 3.4
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 6 0.4   35 percent or more 45 25.1
No telephone service 16 1.0   Not computed 38 21.2
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.