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DP-5. Housing Characteristics: 1990
Data Set: 1990 Summary Tape File 3 (STF 3) - Sample data
Geographic Area: Dickinson County, Iowa

NOTE: For information on confidentiality, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expstf390.htm.


Subject


Number

 

 

Total housing units

9,723

 

 

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

123

1985 to 1988

283

1980 to 1984

717

1970 to 1979

2,681

1960 to 1969

1,352

1950 to 1959

988

1940 to 1949

801

1939 or earlier

2,778

 

 

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

134

1 bedroom

1,006

2 bedrooms

3,451

3 bedrooms

3,304

4 bedrooms

1,485

5 or more bedrooms

343

 

 

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

111

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

112

Condominium housing units

479

 

 

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

7,823

Individual drilled well

1,265

Individual dug well

490

Some other source

145

 

 

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

8,188

Septic tank or cesspool

1,487

Other means

48

 

 

Occupied housing units

6,160

 

 

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

3,370

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

1,418

Electricity

1,108

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

145

Coal or coke

0

Wood

115

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

0

No fuel used

4

 

 

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

987

1985 to 1988

1,480

1980 to 1984

990

1970 to 1979

1,491

1960 to 1969

654

1959 or earlier

558

 

 

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

219

 

 

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

206

1

2,020

2

2,719

3 or more

1,215

 

 

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

3,604

With a mortgage

1,691

Less than $300

196

$300 to $499

636

$500 to $699

528

$700 to $999

171

$1,000 to $1,499

101

$1,500 to $1,999

43

$2,000 or more

16

 

 

Median (dollars)

505

 

 

Not mortgaged

1,913

Less than $100

96

$100 to $199

990

$200 to $299

591

$300 to $399

154

$400 or more

82

 

 

Median (dollars)

188

 

 

SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

3,604

Less than 20 percent

2,518

20 to 24 percent

432

25 to 29 percent

189

30 to 34 percent

153

35 percent or more

294

Not computed

18

 

 

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

1,272

Less than $200

284

$200 to $299

343

$300 to $499

523

$500 to $749

48

$750 to $999

1

$1,000 or more

1

No cash rent

72

 

 

Median (dollars)

292

 

 

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

1,272

Less than 20 percent

512

20 to 24 percent

185

25 to 29 percent

149

30 to 34 percent

82

35 percent or more

268

Not computed

76

(X) Not applicable
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
             Matrices H1, H4, H6, H7, H23, H24, H25, H28, H30, H31, H35, H37, H42, H43, H43A, H51, H52, H52A, H58, H64.