DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Princetown 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 835 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 797 100.0
1-unit, detached 711 85.1   1.00 or less 793 99.5
1-unit, attached 17 2.0   1.01 to 1.50 4 0.5
2 units 27 3.2   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 21 2.5        
5 to 9 units 10 1.2             Specified owner-occupied units 509 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 19 3.7
Mobile home 49 5.9   $50,000 to $99,999 132 25.9
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 172 33.8
        $150,000 to $199,000 114 22.4
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 62 12.2
1999 to March 2000 14 1.7   $300,000 to $499,999 6 1.2
1995 to 1998 30 3.6   $500,000 to $999,999 4 0.8
1990 to 1994 89 10.7   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 155 18.6   Median (dollars) 130,300 (X)
1970 to 1979 192 23.0        
1960 to 1969 76 9.1   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 135 16.2    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 144 17.2   With a mortgage 370 72.7
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 9 1.8
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 30 5.9
2 rooms 6 0.7        $700 to $999 79 15.5
3 rooms 17 2.0        $1,000 to $1,499 156 30.6
4 rooms 88 10.5        $1,500 to $1,999 53 10.4
5 rooms 154 18.4        $2,000 or more 43 8.4
6 rooms 146 17.5        Median (dollars) 1,168 (X)
7 rooms 179 21.4   Not mortgaged 139 27.3
8 rooms 130 15.6        Median (dollars) 342 (X)
9 or more rooms 115 13.8        
Median (rooms) 6.5 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 797 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 176 34.6
1999 to March 2000 68 8.5   15 to 19 percent 104 20.4
1995 to 1998 122 15.3   20 to 24 percent 72 14.1
1990 to 1994 171 21.5   25 to 29 percent 37 7.3
1980 to 1989 221 27.7   30 to 34 percent 37 7.3
1970 to 1979 129 16.2   35 percent or more 79 15.5
1969 or earlier 86 10.8   Not computed 4 0.8
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 100 100.0
None 18 2.3   GROSS RENT    
1 212 26.6   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 358 44.9   $200 to $299 0 0.0
3 or more 209 26.2   $300 to $499 9 9.0
        $500 to $749 48 48.0
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 22 22.0
Utility Gas 17 2.1   $1,000 to $1,499 7 7.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 85 10.7   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 83 10.4   No cash rent 14 14.0
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 555 69.6   Median (dollars) 683 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 52 6.5   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 2 0.3    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 24 24.0
No fuel used 3 0.4   15 to 19 percent 17 17.0
        20 to 24 percent 10 10.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 15 15.0
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 4 0.5   30 to 34 percent 4 4.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 16 16.0
No telephone service 8 1.0   Not computed 14 14.0
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.