DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Wilton 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 4,785 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 4,550 100.0
1-unit, detached 2,971 62.1   1.00 or less 4,520 99.3
1-unit, attached 170 3.6   1.01 to 1.50 30 0.7
2 units 157 3.3   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 164 3.4        
5 to 9 units 149 3.1             Specified owner-occupied units 2,671 100.0
10 to 19 units 21 0.4   VALUE    
20 or more units 31 0.6   Less than $50,000 16 0.6
Mobile home 1,122 23.4   $50,000 to $99,999 534 20.0
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 1,167 43.7
        $150,000 to $199,000 560 21.0
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 315 11.8
1999 to March 2000 197 4.1   $300,000 to $499,999 62 2.3
1995 to 1998 645 13.5   $500,000 to $999,999 8 0.3
1990 to 1994 642 13.4   $1,000,000 or more 9 0.3
1980 to 1989 1,495 31.2   Median (dollars) 135,800 (X)
1970 to 1979 977 20.4        
1960 to 1969 248 5.2   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 257 5.4    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 324 6.8   With a mortgage 2,204 82.5
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 8 0.3
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 81 3.0
2 rooms 78 1.6        $700 to $999 419 15.7
3 rooms 164 3.4        $1,000 to $1,499 937 35.1
4 rooms 686 14.3        $1,500 to $1,999 530 19.8
5 rooms 851 17.8        $2,000 or more 229 8.6
6 rooms 849 17.7        Median (dollars) 1,301 (X)
7 rooms 811 16.9   Not mortgaged 467 17.5
8 rooms 680 14.2        Median (dollars) 378 (X)
9 or more rooms 666 13.9        
Median (rooms) 6.2 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 4,550 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 627 23.5
1999 to March 2000 750 16.5   15 to 19 percent 656 24.6
1995 to 1998 1,425 31.3   20 to 24 percent 452 16.9
1990 to 1994 876 19.3   25 to 29 percent 377 14.1
1980 to 1989 903 19.8   30 to 34 percent 150 5.6
1970 to 1979 363 8.0   35 percent or more 409 15.3
1969 or earlier 233 5.1   Not computed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 664 100.0
None 163 3.6   GROSS RENT    
1 1,381 30.4   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 2,303 50.6   $200 to $299 8 1.2
3 or more 703 15.5   $300 to $499 81 12.2
        $500 to $749 350 52.7
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 139 20.9
Utility Gas 2,213 48.6   $1,000 to $1,499 45 6.8
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 467 10.3   $1,500 or more 9 1.4
Electricity 503 11.1   No cash rent 32 4.8
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 1,223 26.9   Median (dollars) 638 (X)
Coal or coke 17 0.4        
Wood 127 2.8   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 147 22.1
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 92 13.9
        20 to 24 percent 76 11.4
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 72 10.8
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 18 0.4   30 to 34 percent 48 7.2
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 19 0.4   35 percent or more 197 29.7
No telephone service 37 0.8   Not computed 32 4.8
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.