DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Providence township
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 1,251 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,206 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,066 85.2   1.00 or less 1,191 98.8
1-unit, attached 19 1.5   1.01 to 1.50 11 0.9
2 units 0 0.0   1.51 or more 4 0.3
3 or 4 units 0 0.0        
5 to 9 units 0 0.0             Specified owner-occupied units 817 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 12 1.5
Mobile home 166 13.3   $50,000 to $99,999 138 16.9
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 195 23.9
        $150,000 to $199,000 292 35.7
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 174 21.3
1999 to March 2000 20 1.6   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 154 12.3   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 132 10.6   $1,000,000 or more 6 0.7
1980 to 1989 187 14.9   Median (dollars) 159,700 (X)
1970 to 1979 273 21.8        
1960 to 1969 119 9.5   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 165 13.2    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 201 16.1   With a mortgage 613 75.0
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 24 2.9
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 48 5.9
2 rooms 12 1.0        $700 to $999 171 20.9
3 rooms 24 1.9        $1,000 to $1,499 244 29.9
4 rooms 108 8.6        $1,500 to $1,999 94 11.5
5 rooms 223 17.8        $2,000 or more 32 3.9
6 rooms 256 20.5        Median (dollars) 1,201 (X)
7 rooms 319 25.5   Not mortgaged 204 25.0
8 rooms 183 14.6        Median (dollars) 338 (X)
9 or more rooms 126 10.1        
Median (rooms) 6.5 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 1,206 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 288 35.3
1999 to March 2000 102 8.5   15 to 19 percent 169 20.7
1995 to 1998 341 28.3   20 to 24 percent 135 16.5
1990 to 1994 189 15.7   25 to 29 percent 72 8.8
1980 to 1989 208 17.2   30 to 34 percent 62 7.6
1970 to 1979 183 15.2   35 percent or more 91 11.1
1969 or earlier 183 15.2   Not computed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 91 100.0
None 0 0.0   GROSS RENT    
1 241 20.0   Less than $200 0 0.0
2 628 52.1   $200 to $299 0 0.0
3 or more 337 27.9   $300 to $499 11 12.1
        $500 to $749 41 45.1
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 3 3.3
Utility Gas 278 23.1   $1,000 to $1,499 5 5.5
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 695 57.6   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 77 6.4   No cash rent 31 34.1
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 91 7.5   Median (dollars) 630 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 58 4.8   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 7 0.6   Less than 15 percent 20 22.0
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 15 16.5
        20 to 24 percent 10 11.0
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 5 5.5
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 0 0.0   30 to 34 percent 10 11.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 0 0.0
No telephone service 24 2.0   Not computed 31 34.1
 
Date: August 27, 2004
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.