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

8,199

 

 

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

147

1985 to 1988

289

1980 to 1984

568

1970 to 1979

2,236

1960 to 1969

894

1950 to 1959

807

1940 to 1949

429

1939 or earlier

2,829

 

 

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

74

1 bedroom

1,044

2 bedrooms

2,182

3 bedrooms

3,261

4 bedrooms

1,320

5 or more bedrooms

318

 

 

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

55

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

65

Condominium housing units

100

 

 

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

7,238

Individual drilled well

703

Individual dug well

239

Some other source

19

 

 

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

4,997

Septic tank or cesspool

3,138

Other means

64

 

 

Occupied housing units

7,158

 

 

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

3,514

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

1,462

Electricity

1,108

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

847

Coal or coke

13

Wood

145

Solar energy

5

Other fuel

24

No fuel used

40

 

 

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

1,141

1985 to 1988

1,832

1980 to 1984

940

1970 to 1979

1,756

1960 to 1969

681

1959 or earlier

808

 

 

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

194

 

 

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

393

1

2,252

2

2,641

3 or more

1,872

 

 

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

3,531

With a mortgage

1,869

Less than $300

133

$300 to $499

697

$500 to $699

594

$700 to $999

396

$1,000 to $1,499

49

$1,500 to $1,999

0

$2,000 or more

0

 

 

Median (dollars)

529

 

 

Not mortgaged

1,662

Less than $100

67

$100 to $199

791

$200 to $299

636

$300 to $399

134

$400 or more

34

 

 

Median (dollars)

197

 

 

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

3,531

Less than 20 percent

2,290

20 to 24 percent

447

25 to 29 percent

295

30 to 34 percent

151

35 percent or more

337

Not computed

11

 

 

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

1,701

Less than $200

301

$200 to $299

488

$300 to $499

675

$500 to $749

128

$750 to $999

4

$1,000 or more

5

No cash rent

100

 

 

Median (dollars)

303

 

 

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

1,701

Less than 20 percent

714

20 to 24 percent

224

25 to 29 percent

183

30 to 34 percent

110

35 percent or more

349

Not computed

121

(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.