DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Waterford 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 3,725 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 3,497 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,681 45.1   1.00 or less 3,490 99.8
1-unit, attached 92 2.5   1.01 to 1.50 5 0.1
2 units 1,019 27.4   1.51 or more 2 0.1
3 or 4 units 489 13.1        
5 to 9 units 279 7.5             Specified owner-occupied units 1,575 100.0
10 to 19 units 54 1.4   VALUE    
20 or more units 50 1.3   Less than $50,000 28 1.8
Mobile home 61 1.6   $50,000 to $99,999 562 35.7
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 722 45.8
        $150,000 to $199,000 210 13.3
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 45 2.9
1999 to March 2000 21 0.6   $300,000 to $499,999 8 0.5
1995 to 1998 64 1.7   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 144 3.9   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 921 24.7   Median (dollars) 110,100 (X)
1970 to 1979 286 7.7        
1960 to 1969 283 7.6   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 551 14.8    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 1,455 39.1   With a mortgage 1,033 65.6
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 32 2.0
1 room 11 0.3        $500 to $699 40 2.5
2 rooms 78 2.1        $700 to $999 257 16.3
3 rooms 223 6.0        $1,000 to $1,499 512 32.5
4 rooms 611 16.4        $1,500 to $1,999 168 10.7
5 rooms 860 23.1        $2,000 or more 24 1.5
6 rooms 623 16.7        Median (dollars) 1,138 (X)
7 rooms 593 15.9   Not mortgaged 542 34.4
8 rooms 386 10.4        Median (dollars) 368 (X)
9 or more rooms 340 9.1        
Median (rooms) 5.6 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 3,497 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 595 37.8
1999 to March 2000 535 15.3   15 to 19 percent 260 16.5
1995 to 1998 908 26.0   20 to 24 percent 247 15.7
1990 to 1994 491 14.0   25 to 29 percent 149 9.5
1980 to 1989 688 19.7   30 to 34 percent 123 7.8
1970 to 1979 375 10.7   35 percent or more 195 12.4
1969 or earlier 500 14.3   Not computed 6 0.4
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 1,434 100.0
None 209 6.0   GROSS RENT    
1 1,438 41.1   Less than $200 28 2.0
2 1,422 40.7   $200 to $299 21 1.5
3 or more 428 12.2   $300 to $499 345 24.1
        $500 to $749 750 52.3
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 245 17.1
Utility Gas 2,536 72.5   $1,000 to $1,499 4 0.3
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 65 1.9   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 467 13.4   No cash rent 41 2.9
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 387 11.1   Median (dollars) 616 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 14 0.4   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 24 0.7   Less than 15 percent 383 26.7
No fuel used 4 0.1   15 to 19 percent 214 14.9
        20 to 24 percent 240 16.7
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 131 9.1
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 3 0.1   30 to 34 percent 95 6.6
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 4 0.1   35 percent or more 326 22.7
No telephone service 24 0.7   Not computed 45 3.1
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.