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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, West Virginia

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

27,084

100.0

UNITS IN STRUCTURE

 

 

1-unit, detached

17,505

64.6

1-unit, attached

677

2.5

2 units

1,495

5.5

3 or 4 units

2,674

9.9

5 to 9 units

1,338

4.9

10 to 19 units

838

3.1

20 or more units

2,408

8.9

Mobile home

140

0.5

Boat, RV, van, etc.

9

0.0

 

 

 

YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT

 

 

1999 to March 2000

137

0.5

1995 to 1998

606

2.2

1990 to 1994

652

2.4

1980 to 1989

2,052

7.6

1970 to 1979

3,227

11.9

1960 to 1969

3,470

12.8

1940 to 1959

10,135

37.4

1939 or earlier

6,805

25.1

 

 

 

ROOMS

 

 

1 room

319

1.2

2 rooms

884

3.3

3 rooms

2,921

10.8

4 rooms

4,204

15.5

5 rooms

5,371

19.8

6 rooms

4,559

16.8

7 rooms

3,313

12.2

8 rooms

2,434

9.0

9 or more rooms

3,079

11.4

Median (rooms)

5.5

(X)

 

 

 

Occupied Housing Units

24,473

100.0

YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT

 

 

1999 to March 2000

4,621

18.9

1995 to 1998

6,624

27.1

1990 to 1994

3,828

15.6

1980 to 1989

3,628

14.8

1970 to 1979

2,569

10.5

1969 or earlier

3,203

13.1

 

 

 

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

 

 

None

4,632

18.9

1

10,092

41.2

2

7,547

30.8

3 or more

2,202

9.0

 

 

 

HOUSE HEATING FUEL

 

 

Utility gas

16,798

68.6

Bottled, tank, or LP gas

175

0.7

Electricity

6,932

28.3

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.

120

0.5

Coal or coke

9

0.0

Wood

69

0.3

Solar energy

23

0.1

Other fuel

226

0.9

No fuel used

121

0.5

 

 

 

SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS

 

 

Lacking complete plumbing facilities

92

0.4

Lacking complete kitchen facilities

103

0.4

No telephone service

1,142

4.7

 

 

 

OCCUPANTS PER ROOM

 

 

Occupied housing units

24,473

100.0

1.00 or less

24,218

99.0

1.01 to 1.50

165

0.7

1.51 or more

90

0.4

 

 

 

Specified owner-occupied units

13,113

100.0

VALUE

 

 

Less than $50,000

2,072

15.8

$50,000 to $99,999

4,391

33.5

$100,000 to $149,999

2,968

22.6

$150,000 to $199,999

1,575

12.0

$200,000 to $299,999

1,162

8.9

$300,000 to $499,999

747

5.7

$500,000 to $999,999

152

1.2

$1,000,000 or more

46

0.4

Median (dollars)

101,400

(X)

 

 

 

MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS

 

 

With a mortgage

7,790

59.4

Less than $300

90

0.7

$300 to $499

758

5.8

$500 to $699

1,547

11.8

$700 to $999

2,067

15.8

$1,000 to $1,499

1,764

13.5

$1,500 to $1,999

793

6.0

$2,000 or more

771

5.9

Median (dollars)

910

(X)

Not mortgaged

5,323

40.6

Median (dollars)

224

(X)

 

 

 

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

 

 

Less than 15 percent

6,712

51.2

15 to 19 percent

2,141

16.3

20 to 24 percent

1,321

10.1

25 to 29 percent

734

5.6

30 to 34 percent

614

4.7

35 percent or more

1,393

10.6

Not computed

198

1.5

 

 

 

Specified renter-occupied units

10,287

100.0

GROSS RENT

 

 

Less than $200

1,566

15.2

$200 to $299

1,120

10.9

$300 to $499

3,602

35.0

$500 to $749

2,627

25.5

$750 to $999

483

4.7

$1,000 to $1,499

206

2.0

$1,500 or more

78

0.8

No cash rent

605

5.9

Median (dollars)

439

(X)

 

 

 

GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999

 

 

Less than 15 percent

2,389

23.2

15 to 19 percent

1,371

13.3

20 to 24 percent

1,090

10.6

25 to 29 percent

936

9.1

30 to 34 percent

830

8.1

35 percent or more

2,742

26.7

Not computed

929

9.0

(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