DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Providence 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 909 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 666 100.0
1-unit, detached 666 73.3   1.00 or less 656 98.5
1-unit, attached 4 0.4   1.01 to 1.50 10 1.5
2 units 0 0.0   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 20 2.2        
5 to 9 units 3 0.3             Specified owner-occupied units 294 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 25 8.5
Mobile home 209 23.0   $50,000 to $99,999 140 47.6
Boat, RV, van, etc. 7 0.8   $100,000 to $149,999 108 36.7
        $150,000 to $199,000 19 6.5
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 2 0.7
1999 to March 2000 18 2.0   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 54 5.9   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 172 18.9   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 181 19.9   Median (dollars) 96,300 (X)
1970 to 1979 121 13.3        
1960 to 1969 165 18.2   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 104 11.4    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 94 10.3   With a mortgage 218 74.1
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 2 0.7
1 room 3 0.3        $500 to $699 31 10.5
2 rooms 3 0.3        $700 to $999 90 30.6
3 rooms 29 3.2        $1,000 to $1,499 83 28.2
4 rooms 155 17.1        $1,500 to $1,999 12 4.1
5 rooms 260 28.6        $2,000 or more 0 0.0
6 rooms 204 22.4        Median (dollars) 960 (X)
7 rooms 141 15.5   Not mortgaged 76 25.9
8 rooms 59 6.5        Median (dollars) 296 (X)
9 or more rooms 55 6.1        
Median (rooms) 5.5 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 666 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 92 31.3
1999 to March 2000 64 9.6   15 to 19 percent 68 23.1
1995 to 1998 140 21.0   20 to 24 percent 36 12.2
1990 to 1994 184 27.6   25 to 29 percent 24 8.2
1980 to 1989 151 22.7   30 to 34 percent 24 8.2
1970 to 1979 90 13.5   35 percent or more 46 15.6
1969 or earlier 37 5.6   Not computed 4 1.4
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 86 100.0
None 6 0.9   GROSS RENT    
1 173 26.0   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 319 47.9   $200 to $299 2 2.3
3 or more 168 25.2   $300 to $499 18 20.9
        $500 to $749 39 45.3
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 13 15.1
Utility Gas 2 0.3   $1,000 to $1,499 2 2.3
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 106 15.9   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 40 6.0   No cash rent 12 14.0
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 440 66.1   Median (dollars) 611 (X)
Coal or coke 2 0.3        
Wood 72 10.8   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 4 0.6   Less than 15 percent 19 22.1
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 17 19.8
        20 to 24 percent 11 12.8
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 0 0.0
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 8 1.2   30 to 34 percent 7 8.1
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 12 1.8   35 percent or more 18 20.9
No telephone service 12 1.8   Not computed 14 16.3
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.