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

68,357

 

 

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

1,192

1985 to 1988

2,867

1980 to 1984

3,621

1970 to 1979

14,274

1960 to 1969

13,790

1950 to 1959

11,509

1940 to 1949

4,548

1939 or earlier

16,556

 

 

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

862

1 bedroom

8,529

2 bedrooms

19,261

3 bedrooms

28,342

4 bedrooms

9,601

5 or more bedrooms

1,762

 

 

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

333

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

323

Condominium housing units

1,304

 

 

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

59,871

Individual drilled well

7,870

Individual dug well

424

Some other source

192

 

 

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

59,967

Septic tank or cesspool

8,072

Other means

318

 

 

Occupied housing units

65,501

 

 

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

52,615

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

4,184

Electricity

4,951

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

1,708

Coal or coke

0

Wood

925

Solar energy

14

Other fuel

854

No fuel used

250

 

 

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

12,983

1985 to 1988

17,849

1980 to 1984

8,569

1970 to 1979

12,729

1960 to 1969

7,203

1959 or earlier

6,168

 

 

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

1,351

 

 

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

4,741

1

19,580

2

27,083

3 or more

14,097

 

 

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

38,436

With a mortgage

25,525

Less than $300

805

$300 to $499

6,825

$500 to $699

8,524

$700 to $999

6,481

$1,000 to $1,499

2,195

$1,500 to $1,999

445

$2,000 or more

250

 

 

Median (dollars)

615

 

 

Not mortgaged

12,911

Less than $100

159

$100 to $199

4,654

$200 to $299

6,290

$300 to $399

1,331

$400 or more

477

 

 

Median (dollars)

220

 

 

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

38,436

Less than 20 percent

26,014

20 to 24 percent

5,473

25 to 29 percent

2,576

30 to 34 percent

1,397

35 percent or more

2,804

Not computed

172

 

 

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

18,754

Less than $200

1,670

$200 to $299

3,234

$300 to $499

10,406

$500 to $749

2,597

$750 to $999

340

$1,000 or more

42

No cash rent

465

 

 

Median (dollars)

369

 

 

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

18,754

Less than 20 percent

7,409

20 to 24 percent

2,526

25 to 29 percent

1,960

30 to 34 percent

1,380

35 percent or more

4,746

Not computed

733

(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.