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

32,053

 

 

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

320

1985 to 1988

896

1980 to 1984

1,460

1970 to 1979

6,521

1960 to 1969

5,156

1950 to 1959

4,020

1940 to 1949

1,912

1939 or earlier

11,768

 

 

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

405

1 bedroom

3,555

2 bedrooms

7,999

3 bedrooms

14,127

4 bedrooms

5,003

5 or more bedrooms

964

 

 

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

112

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

155

Condominium housing units

188

 

 

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

25,970

Individual drilled well

5,669

Individual dug well

311

Some other source

103

 

 

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

25,911

Septic tank or cesspool

6,013

Other means

129

 

 

Occupied housing units

30,799

 

 

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

20,481

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

2,506

Electricity

2,804

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

3,663

Coal or coke

0

Wood

1,155

Solar energy

14

Other fuel

159

No fuel used

17

 

 

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

5,237

1985 to 1988

7,545

1980 to 1984

3,709

1970 to 1979

6,397

1960 to 1969

3,813

1959 or earlier

4,098

 

 

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

640

 

 

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

2,673

1

9,985

2

12,567

3 or more

5,574

 

 

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

17,489

With a mortgage

9,725

Less than $300

358

$300 to $499

3,198

$500 to $699

3,527

$700 to $999

2,006

$1,000 to $1,499

401

$1,500 to $1,999

151

$2,000 or more

84

 

 

Median (dollars)

569

 

 

Not mortgaged

7,764

Less than $100

56

$100 to $199

3,312

$200 to $299

3,555

$300 to $399

592

$400 or more

249

 

 

Median (dollars)

210

 

 

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

17,489

Less than 20 percent

12,387

20 to 24 percent

2,322

25 to 29 percent

1,025

30 to 34 percent

546

35 percent or more

1,148

Not computed

61

 

 

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

8,392

Less than $200

1,048

$200 to $299

2,613

$300 to $499

3,810

$500 to $749

640

$750 to $999

12

$1,000 or more

16

No cash rent

253

 

 

Median (dollars)

315

 

 

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

8,392

Less than 20 percent

3,142

20 to 24 percent

1,129

25 to 29 percent

865

30 to 34 percent

525

35 percent or more

2,324

Not computed

407

(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.