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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: Charleston city, South Carolina

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

44,143

100.0

UNITS IN STRUCTURE

 

 

1-unit, detached

22,290

50.5

1-unit, attached

2,037

4.6

2 units

3,168

7.2

3 or 4 units

4,101

9.3

5 to 9 units

5,090

11.5

10 to 19 units

3,138

7.1

20 or more units

3,797

8.6

Mobile home

501

1.1

Boat, RV, van, etc.

21

0.0

 

 

 

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

 

1999 to March 2000

1,282

2.9

1995 to 1998

3,002

6.8

1990 to 1994

2,919

6.6

1980 to 1989

7,650

17.3

1970 to 1979

7,008

15.9

1960 to 1969

6,505

14.7

1940 to 1959

7,891

17.9

1939 or earlier

7,886

17.9

 

 

 

ROOMS

 

 

1 room

833

1.9

2 rooms

2,239

5.1

3 rooms

5,079

11.5

4 rooms

8,443

19.1

5 rooms

7,629

17.3

6 rooms

7,535

17.1

7 rooms

5,724

13.0

8 rooms

3,452

7.8

9 or more rooms

3,209

7.3

Median (rooms)

5.2

(X)

 

 

 

Occupied Housing Units

40,454

100.0

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

 

1999 to March 2000

11,108

27.5

1995 to 1998

12,407

30.7

1990 to 1994

5,540

13.7

1980 to 1989

5,025

12.4

1970 to 1979

3,129

7.7

1969 or earlier

3,245

8.0

 

 

 

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

 

None

6,233

15.4

1

16,451

40.7

2

13,482

33.3

3 or more

4,288

10.6

 

 

 

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

 

Utility gas

15,625

38.6

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

408

1.0

Electricity

23,977

59.3

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

266

0.7

Coal or coke

0

0.0

Wood

11

0.0

Solar energy

18

0.0

Other fuel

30

0.1

No fuel used

119

0.3

 

 

 

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

122

0.3

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

226

0.6

No telephone service

887

2.2

 

 

 

OCCUPANTS PER ROOM

 

 

Occupied housing units

40,454

100.0

1.00 or less

39,484

97.6

1.01 to 1.50

659

1.6

1.51 or more

311

0.8

 

 

 

Specified owner-occupied units

18,465

100.0

VALUE

 

 

Less than $50,000

712

3.9

$50,000 to $99,999

4,362

23.6

$100,000 to $149,999

5,308

28.7

$150,000 to $199,999

3,149

17.1

$200,000 to $299,999

2,035

11.0

$300,000 to $499,999

1,486

8.0

$500,000 to $999,999

1,054

5.7

$1,000,000 or more

359

1.9

Median (dollars)

139,700

(X)

 

 

 

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

 

With a mortgage

13,439

72.8

Less than $300

76

0.4

$300 to $499

463

2.5

$500 to $699

1,346

7.3

$700 to $999

3,703

20.1

$1,000 to $1,499

4,458

24.1

$1,500 to $1,999

1,706

9.2

$2,000 or more

1,687

9.1

Median (dollars)

1,104

(X)

Not mortgaged

5,026

27.2

Median (dollars)

336

(X)

 

 

 

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

 

 

Less than 15 percent

5,756

31.2

15 to 19 percent

3,127

16.9

20 to 24 percent

2,706

14.7

25 to 29 percent

1,767

9.6

30 to 34 percent

1,092

5.9

35 percent or more

3,790

20.5

Not computed

227

1.2

 

 

 

Specified renter-occupied units

19,470

100.0

GROSS RENT

 

 

Less than $200

1,155

5.9

$200 to $299

1,012

5.2

$300 to $499

3,387

17.4

$500 to $749

8,393

43.1

$750 to $999

3,025

15.5

$1,000 to $1,499

1,417

7.3

$1,500 or more

553

2.8

No cash rent

528

2.7

Median (dollars)

614

(X)

 

 

 

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999

 

 

Less than 15 percent

2,546

13.1

15 to 19 percent

2,352

12.1

20 to 24 percent

2,108

10.8

25 to 29 percent

1,745

9.0

30 to 34 percent

1,603

8.2

35 percent or more

7,718

39.6

Not computed

1,398

7.2

(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