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

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

123,550

 

 

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

3,145

1985 to 1988

16,311

1980 to 1984

17,762

1970 to 1979

26,963

1960 to 1969

21,737

1950 to 1959

16,515

1940 to 1949

9,467

1939 or earlier

11,650

 

 

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

1,088

1 bedroom

13,754

2 bedrooms

41,200

3 bedrooms

51,714

4 bedrooms

13,238

5 or more bedrooms

2,556

 

 

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

991

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

1,011

Condominium housing units

8,108

 

 

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

113,906

Individual drilled well

7,828

Individual dug well

1,733

Some other source

83

 

 

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

106,069

Septic tank or cesspool

16,683

Other means

798

 

 

Occupied housing units

107,069

 

 

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

37,321

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

6,482

Electricity

57,560

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

3,962

Coal or coke

17

Wood

1,375

Solar energy

16

Other fuel

75

No fuel used

261

 

 

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

29,178

1985 to 1988

31,815

1980 to 1984

13,078

1970 to 1979

15,610

1960 to 1969

9,437

1959 or earlier

7,951

 

 

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

6,919

 

 

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

14,017

1

38,879

2

40,452

3 or more

13,721

 

 

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

49,219

With a mortgage

33,368

Less than $300

1,579

$300 to $499

6,179

$500 to $699

8,265

$700 to $999

10,172

$1,000 to $1,499

4,669

$1,500 to $1,999

1,410

$2,000 or more

1,094

 

 

Median (dollars)

715

 

 

Not mortgaged

15,851

Less than $100

904

$100 to $199

5,959

$200 to $299

5,847

$300 to $399

1,762

$400 or more

1,379

 

 

Median (dollars)

215

 

 

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

49,219

Less than 20 percent

25,997

20 to 24 percent

7,147

25 to 29 percent

4,650

30 to 34 percent

2,880

35 percent or more

8,030

Not computed

515

 

 

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

45,009

Less than $200

3,332

$200 to $299

4,369

$300 to $499

21,826

$500 to $749

11,358

$750 to $999

1,377

$1,000 or more

662

No cash rent

2,085

 

 

Median (dollars)

437

 

 

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

45,009

Less than 20 percent

13,667

20 to 24 percent

5,839

25 to 29 percent

5,043

30 to 34 percent

3,384

35 percent or more

14,118

Not computed

2,958

(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.