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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: Wilkes-Barre city, Pennsylvania

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

20,294

100.0

UNITS IN STRUCTURE

 

 

1-unit, detached

9,395

46.3

1-unit, attached

2,573

12.7

2 units

2,295

11.3

3 or 4 units

2,008

9.9

5 to 9 units

1,175

5.8

10 to 19 units

454

2.2

20 or more units

2,382

11.7

Mobile home

12

0.1

Boat, RV, van, etc.

0

0.0

 

 

 

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

 

1999 to March 2000

14

0.1

1995 to 1998

97

0.5

1990 to 1994

141

0.7

1980 to 1989

515

2.5

1970 to 1979

2,877

14.2

1960 to 1969

1,292

6.4

1940 to 1959

3,129

15.4

1939 or earlier

12,229

60.3

 

 

 

ROOMS

 

 

1 room

592

2.9

2 rooms

1,086

5.4

3 rooms

1,978

9.7

4 rooms

2,625

12.9

5 rooms

2,714

13.4

6 rooms

6,737

33.2

7 rooms

1,929

9.5

8 rooms

1,154

5.7

9 or more rooms

1,479

7.3

Median (rooms)

5.7

(X)

 

 

 

Occupied Housing Units

17,961

100.0

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

 

1999 to March 2000

2,964

16.5

1995 to 1998

3,697

20.6

1990 to 1994

2,275

12.7

1980 to 1989

2,712

15.1

1970 to 1979

2,056

11.4

1969 or earlier

4,257

23.7

 

 

 

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

 

None

4,229

23.5

1

7,349

40.9

2

4,840

26.9

3 or more

1,543

8.6

 

 

 

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

 

Utility gas

13,695

76.2

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

212

1.2

Electricity

2,305

12.8

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

1,507

8.4

Coal or coke

145

0.8

Wood

12

0.1

Solar energy

0

0.0

Other fuel

46

0.3

No fuel used

39

0.2

 

 

 

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

99

0.6

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

137

0.8

No telephone service

319

1.8

 

 

 

OCCUPANTS PER ROOM

 

 

Occupied housing units

17,961

100.0

1.00 or less

17,700

98.5

1.01 to 1.50

173

1.0

1.51 or more

88

0.5

 

 

 

Specified owner-occupied units

8,691

100.0

VALUE

 

 

Less than $50,000

2,175

25.0

$50,000 to $99,999

5,514

63.4

$100,000 to $149,999

714

8.2

$150,000 to $199,999

161

1.9

$200,000 to $299,999

118

1.4

$300,000 to $499,999

9

0.1

$500,000 to $999,999

0

0.0

$1,000,000 or more

0

0.0

Median (dollars)

64,700

(X)

 

 

 

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

 

With a mortgage

4,404

50.7

Less than $300

43

0.5

$300 to $499

511

5.9

$500 to $699

1,328

15.3

$700 to $999

1,591

18.3

$1,000 to $1,499

703

8.1

$1,500 to $1,999

193

2.2

$2,000 or more

35

0.4

Median (dollars)

754

(X)

Not mortgaged

4,287

49.3

Median (dollars)

288

(X)

 

 

 

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

 

 

Less than 15 percent

3,480

40.0

15 to 19 percent

1,453

16.7

20 to 24 percent

1,032

11.9

25 to 29 percent

745

8.6

30 to 34 percent

475

5.5

35 percent or more

1,405

16.2

Not computed

101

1.2

 

 

 

Specified renter-occupied units

8,344

100.0

GROSS RENT

 

 

Less than $200

1,036

12.4

$200 to $299

905

10.8

$300 to $499

3,602

43.2

$500 to $749

1,964

23.5

$750 to $999

297

3.6

$1,000 to $1,499

83

1.0

$1,500 or more

54

0.6

No cash rent

403

4.8

Median (dollars)

411

(X)

 

 

 

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999

 

 

Less than 15 percent

1,559

18.7

15 to 19 percent

1,148

13.8

20 to 24 percent

1,001

12.0

25 to 29 percent

969

11.6

30 to 34 percent

697

8.4

35 percent or more

2,386

28.6

Not computed

584

7.0

(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