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

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

156,462

 

 

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

4,229

1985 to 1988

16,415

1980 to 1984

11,878

1970 to 1979

28,736

1960 to 1969

19,745

1950 to 1959

18,405

1940 to 1949

9,859

1939 or earlier

47,195

 

 

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

1,707

1 bedroom

15,509

2 bedrooms

36,775

3 bedrooms

68,850

4 bedrooms

26,071

5 or more bedrooms

7,550

 

 

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

1,549

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

1,081

Condominium housing units

2,287

 

 

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

102,988

Individual drilled well

46,908

Individual dug well

4,058

Some other source

2,508

 

 

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

108,537

Septic tank or cesspool

46,143

Other means

1,782

 

 

Occupied housing units

150,956

 

 

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

26,600

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

3,750

Electricity

45,958

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

62,344

Coal or coke

6,714

Wood

4,997

Solar energy

100

Other fuel

260

No fuel used

233

 

 

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

25,725

1985 to 1988

45,901

1980 to 1984

20,508

1970 to 1979

27,041

1960 to 1969

15,532

1959 or earlier

16,249

 

 

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

6,514

 

 

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

16,409

1

46,361

2

62,687

3 or more

25,499

 

 

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

84,854

With a mortgage

52,661

Less than $300

1,364

$300 to $499

8,501

$500 to $699

14,338

$700 to $999

18,238

$1,000 to $1,499

7,950

$1,500 to $1,999

1,408

$2,000 or more

862

 

 

Median (dollars)

728

 

 

Not mortgaged

32,193

Less than $100

622

$100 to $199

12,808

$200 to $299

14,254

$300 to $399

3,365

$400 or more

1,144

 

 

Median (dollars)

215

 

 

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

84,854

Less than 20 percent

51,739

20 to 24 percent

12,820

25 to 29 percent

8,136

30 to 34 percent

4,361

35 percent or more

7,474

Not computed

324

 

 

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

44,112

Less than $200

2,435

$200 to $299

4,527

$300 to $499

20,316

$500 to $749

13,197

$750 to $999

1,415

$1,000 or more

584

No cash rent

1,638

 

 

Median (dollars)

441

 

 

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

44,112

Less than 20 percent

15,997

20 to 24 percent

6,680

25 to 29 percent

5,030

30 to 34 percent

3,370

35 percent or more

11,020

Not computed

2,015

(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.