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DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics:  2000
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data
Geographic Area: Knox County, Maine

NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.


Subject

Number

Percent

 

 

 

Total housing units

21,612

100.0

UNITS IN STRUCTURE

 

 

1-unit, detached

16,310

75.5

1-unit, attached

489

2.3

2 units

1,042

4.8

3 or 4 units

961

4.4

5 to 9 units

474

2.2

10 to 19 units

191

0.9

20 or more units

390

1.8

Mobile home

1,709

7.9

Boat, RV, van, etc.

46

0.2

 

 

 

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

 

1999 to March 2000

366

1.7

1995 to 1998

1,416

6.6

1990 to 1994

1,425

6.6

1980 to 1989

3,327

15.4

1970 to 1979

2,931

13.6

1960 to 1969

1,372

6.3

1940 to 1959

2,152

10.0

1939 or earlier

8,623

39.9

 

 

 

ROOMS

 

 

1 room

302

1.4

2 rooms

862

4.0

3 rooms

1,833

8.5

4 rooms

3,313

15.3

5 rooms

4,617

21.4

6 rooms

3,926

18.2

7 rooms

3,096

14.3

8 rooms

1,838

8.5

9 or more rooms

1,825

8.4

Median (rooms)

5.5

(X)

 

 

 

Occupied Housing Units

16,608

100.0

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

 

1999 to March 2000

2,779

16.7

1995 to 1998

4,194

25.3

1990 to 1994

2,558

15.4

1980 to 1989

3,297

19.9

1970 to 1979

1,929

11.6

1969 or earlier

1,851

11.1

 

 

 

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

 

None

1,099

6.6

1

5,989

36.1

2

7,226

43.5

3 or more

2,294

13.8

 

 

 

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

 

Utility gas

63

0.4

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

1,280

7.7

Electricity

902

5.4

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

13,095

78.8

Coal or coke

18

0.1

Wood

1,191

7.2

Solar energy

11

0.1

Other fuel

42

0.3

No fuel used

6

0.0

 

 

 

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

159

1.0

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

93

0.6

No telephone service

251

1.5

 

 

 

OCCUPANTS PER ROOM

 

 

Occupied housing units

16,608

100.0

1.00 or less

16,315

98.2

1.01 to 1.50

201

1.2

1.51 or more

92

0.6

 

 

 

Specified owner-occupied units

8,685

100.0

VALUE

 

 

Less than $50,000

367

4.2

$50,000 to $99,999

3,358

38.7

$100,000 to $149,999

2,201

25.3

$150,000 to $199,999

1,221

14.1

$200,000 to $299,999

813

9.4

$300,000 to $499,999

563

6.5

$500,000 to $999,999

141

1.6

$1,000,000 or more

21

0.2

Median (dollars)

112,200

(X)

 

 

 

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

 

With a mortgage

5,360

61.7

Less than $300

34

0.4

$300 to $499

491

5.7

$500 to $699

1,034

11.9

$700 to $999

1,788

20.6

$1,000 to $1,499

1,385

15.9

$1,500 to $1,999

353

4.1

$2,000 or more

275

3.2

Median (dollars)

878

(X)

Not mortgaged

3,325

38.3

Median (dollars)

328

(X)

 

 

 

SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE
    OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999

 

 

Less than 15 percent

3,221

37.1

15 to 19 percent

1,389

16.0

20 to 24 percent

1,250

14.4

25 to 29 percent

833

9.6

30 to 34 percent

518

6.0

35 percent or more

1,432

16.5

Not computed

42

0.5

 

 

 

Specified renter-occupied units

4,205

100.0

GROSS RENT

 

 

Less than $200

235

5.6

$200 to $299

267

6.3

$300 to $499

1,237

29.4

$500 to $749

1,521

36.2

$750 to $999

407

9.7

$1,000 to $1,499

68

1.6

$1,500 or more

28

0.7

No cash rent

442

10.5

Median (dollars)

517

(X)

 

 

 

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999

 

 

Less than 15 percent

587

14.0

15 to 19 percent

682

16.2

20 to 24 percent

597

14.2

25 to 29 percent

427

10.2

30 to 34 percent

242

5.8

35 percent or more

1,208

28.7

Not computed

462

11.0

(X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices H1, H7, H20, H23, H24, H30, H34, H38, H40, H43, H44, H48, H51, H62, H63, H69, H74, H76, H90, H91, and H94