DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Niskayuna 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 8,026 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 7,777 100.0
1-unit, detached 6,673 83.1   1.00 or less 7,688 98.9
1-unit, attached 125 1.6   1.01 to 1.50 65 0.8
2 units 90 1.1   1.51 or more 24 0.3
3 or 4 units 328 4.1        
5 to 9 units 336 4.2             Specified owner-occupied units 6,194 100.0
10 to 19 units 140 1.7   VALUE    
20 or more units 334 4.2   Less than $50,000 9 0.1
Mobile home 0 0.0   $50,000 to $99,999 1,257 20.3
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 2,270 36.6
        $150,000 to $199,000 1,657 26.8
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 794 12.8
1999 to March 2000 80 1.0   $300,000 to $499,999 183 3.0
1995 to 1998 313 3.9   $500,000 to $999,999 24 0.4
1990 to 1994 525 6.5   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 1,008 12.6   Median (dollars) 141,000 (X)
1970 to 1979 728 9.1        
1960 to 1969 1,223 15.2   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 2,456 30.6    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 1,693 21.1   With a mortgage 4,147 67.0
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 25 0.4
1 room 16 0.2        $500 to $699 82 1.3
2 rooms 223 2.8        $700 to $999 678 10.9
3 rooms 319 4.0        $1,000 to $1,499 1,656 26.7
4 rooms 551 6.9        $1,500 to $1,999 947 15.3
5 rooms 706 8.8        $2,000 or more 759 12.3
6 rooms 1,207 15.0        Median (dollars) 1,407 (X)
7 rooms 1,699 21.2   Not mortgaged 2,047 33.0
8 rooms 1,846 23.0        Median (dollars) 524 (X)
9 or more rooms 1,459 18.2        
Median (rooms) 7.1 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 7,777 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 2,408 38.9
1999 to March 2000 919 11.8   15 to 19 percent 1,189 19.2
1995 to 1998 1,739 22.4   20 to 24 percent 995 16.1
1990 to 1994 1,354 17.4   25 to 29 percent 564 9.1
1980 to 1989 1,709 22.0   30 to 34 percent 265 4.3
1970 to 1979 948 12.2   35 percent or more 747 12.1
1969 or earlier 1,108 14.2   Not computed 26 0.4
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 1,394 100.0
None 488 6.3   GROSS RENT    
1 2,255 29.0   Less than $200 28 2.0
2 3,940 50.7   $200 to $299 36 2.6
3 or more 1,094 14.1   $300 to $499 23 1.6
        $500 to $749 630 45.2
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 379 27.2
Utility Gas 6,588 84.7   $1,000 to $1,499 113 8.1
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 9 0.1   $1,500 or more 125 9.0
Electricity 260 3.3   No cash rent 60 4.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 869 11.2   Median (dollars) 727 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 51 0.7   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 307 22.0
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 178 12.8
        20 to 24 percent 133 9.5
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 143 10.3
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 10 0.1   30 to 34 percent 119 8.5
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 78 1.0   35 percent or more 425 30.5
No telephone service 8 0.1   Not computed 89 6.4
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.