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

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

9,609

 

 

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

1989 to March 1990

97

1985 to 1988

819

1980 to 1984

585

1970 to 1979

2,014

1960 to 1969

2,201

1950 to 1959

1,589

1940 to 1949

1,019

1939 or earlier

1,285

 

 

BEDROOMS

 

No bedroom

69

1 bedroom

695

2 bedrooms

2,990

3 bedrooms

4,244

4 bedrooms

1,283

5 or more bedrooms

328

 

 

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

10

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

68

Condominium housing units

197

 

 

SOURCE OF WATER

 

Public system or private company

9,370

Individual drilled well

189

Individual dug well

40

Some other source

10

 

 

SEWAGE DISPOSAL

 

Public sewer

8,946

Septic tank or cesspool

659

Other means

4

 

 

Occupied housing units

9,161

 

 

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

Utility gas

4,672

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

85

Electricity

2,702

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

1,532

Coal or coke

25

Wood

129

Solar energy

0

Other fuel

6

No fuel used

10

 

 

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

1989 to March 1990

1,686

1985 to 1988

2,582

1980 to 1984

1,292

1970 to 1979

1,589

1960 to 1969

990

1959 or earlier

1,022

 

 

TELEPHONE

 

No telephone in unit

255

 

 

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

None

574

1

3,231

2

3,428

3 or more

1,928

 

 

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

5,348

With a mortgage

3,248

Less than $300

226

$300 to $499

900

$500 to $699

1,105

$700 to $999

605

$1,000 to $1,499

312

$1,500 to $1,999

60

$2,000 or more

40

 

 

Median (dollars)

586

 

 

Not mortgaged

2,100

Less than $100

113

$100 to $199

1,225

$200 to $299

532

$300 to $399

142

$400 or more

88

 

 

Median (dollars)

180

 

 

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

 

Specified owner-occupied housing units

5,348

Less than 20 percent

3,683

20 to 24 percent

731

25 to 29 percent

371

30 to 34 percent

162

35 percent or more

367

Not computed

34

 

 

GROSS RENT

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

2,945

Less than $200

52

$200 to $299

428

$300 to $499

1,875

$500 to $749

456

$750 to $999

23

$1,000 or more

5

No cash rent

106

 

 

Median (dollars)

404

 

 

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1989

 

Specified renter-occupied housing units

2,945

Less than 20 percent

969

20 to 24 percent

428

25 to 29 percent

385

30 to 34 percent

319

35 percent or more

724

Not computed

120

(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.