DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Rotterdam 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 11,991 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 11,541 100.0
1-unit, detached 9,921 82.7   1.00 or less 11,416 98.9
1-unit, attached 133 1.1   1.01 to 1.50 102 0.9
2 units 635 5.3   1.51 or more 23 0.2
3 or 4 units 309 2.6        
5 to 9 units 399 3.3             Specified owner-occupied units 8,798 100.0
10 to 19 units 360 3.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 190 1.6   Less than $50,000 196 2.2
Mobile home 34 0.3   $50,000 to $99,999 4,904 55.7
Boat, RV, van, etc. 10 0.1   $100,000 to $149,999 2,862 32.5
        $150,000 to $199,000 697 7.9
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 125 1.4
1999 to March 2000 67 0.6   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 229 1.9   $500,000 to $999,999 8 0.1
1990 to 1994 522 4.4   $1,000,000 or more 6 0.1
1980 to 1989 906 7.6   Median (dollars) 94,700 (X)
1970 to 1979 1,255 10.5        
1960 to 1969 1,449 12.1   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 5,246 43.7    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 2,317 19.3   With a mortgage 5,170 58.8
             Less than $300 28 0.3
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 126 1.4
1 room 23 0.2        $500 to $699 500 5.7
2 rooms 238 2.0        $700 to $999 1,805 20.5
3 rooms 681 5.7        $1,000 to $1,499 1,937 22.0
4 rooms 1,385 11.6        $1,500 to $1,999 601 6.8
5 rooms 2,058 17.2        $2,000 or more 173 2.0
6 rooms 3,191 26.6        Median (dollars) 1,025 (X)
7 rooms 2,258 18.8   Not mortgaged 3,628 41.2
8 rooms 1,375 11.5        Median (dollars) 338 (X)
9 or more rooms 782 6.5        
Median (rooms) 6.0 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 11,541 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 3,237 36.8
1999 to March 2000 1,103 9.6   15 to 19 percent 1,582 18.0
1995 to 1998 2,237 19.4   20 to 24 percent 1,162 13.2
1990 to 1994 1,778 15.4   25 to 29 percent 836 9.5
1980 to 1989 2,015 17.5   30 to 34 percent 704 8.0
1970 to 1979 1,429 12.4   35 percent or more 1,194 13.6
1969 or earlier 2,979 25.8   Not computed 83 0.9
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 2,083 100.0
None 660 5.7   GROSS RENT    
1 4,122 35.7   Less than $200 19 0.9
2 4,899 42.4   $200 to $299 14 0.7
3 or more 1,860 16.1   $300 to $499 452 21.7
        $500 to $749 1,123 53.9
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 269 12.9
Utility Gas 8,480 73.5   $1,000 to $1,499 46 2.2
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 161 1.4   $1,500 or more 4 0.2
Electricity 892 7.7   No cash rent 156 7.5
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 1,908 16.5   Median (dollars) 591 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 77 0.7   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 23 0.2   Less than 15 percent 410 19.7
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 321 15.4
        20 to 24 percent 292 14.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 169 8.1
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 33 0.3   30 to 34 percent 148 7.1
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 14 0.1   35 percent or more 532 25.5
No telephone service 49 0.4   Not computed 211 10.1
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.