DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Spencer 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 678 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 622 100.0
1-unit, detached 609 89.8   1.00 or less 614 98.7
1-unit, attached 10 1.5   1.01 to 1.50 8 1.3
2 units 27 4.0   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 12 1.8        
5 to 9 units 13 1.9             Specified owner-occupied units 381 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 59 15.5
Mobile home 7 1.0   $50,000 to $99,999 115 30.2
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 84 22.0
        $150,000 to $199,000 89 23.4
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 17 4.5
1999 to March 2000 19 2.8   $300,000 to $499,999 12 3.1
1995 to 1998 37 5.5   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 29 4.3   $1,000,000 or more 5 1.3
1980 to 1989 72 10.6   Median (dollars) 107,600 (X)
1970 to 1979 103 15.2        
1960 to 1969 68 10.0   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 245 36.1    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 105 15.5   With a mortgage 240 63.0
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 19 5.0
1 room 8 1.2        $500 to $699 61 16.0
2 rooms 7 1.0        $700 to $999 42 11.0
3 rooms 42 6.2        $1,000 to $1,499 75 19.7
4 rooms 39 5.8        $1,500 to $1,999 29 7.6
5 rooms 165 24.3        $2,000 or more 14 3.7
6 rooms 161 23.7        Median (dollars) 960 (X)
7 rooms 140 20.6   Not mortgaged 141 37.0
8 rooms 79 11.7        Median (dollars) 315 (X)
9 or more rooms 37 5.5        
Median (rooms) 6.0 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 622 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 131 34.4
1999 to March 2000 72 11.6   15 to 19 percent 73 19.2
1995 to 1998 158 25.4   20 to 24 percent 82 21.5
1990 to 1994 47 7.6   25 to 29 percent 7 1.8
1980 to 1989 167 26.8   30 to 34 percent 0 0.0
1970 to 1979 67 10.8   35 percent or more 81 21.3
1969 or earlier 111 17.8   Not computed 7 1.8
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 132 100.0
None 24 3.9   GROSS RENT    
1 226 36.3   Less than $200 26 19.7
2 162 26.0   $200 to $299 14 10.6
3 or more 210 33.8   $300 to $499 40 30.3
        $500 to $749 38 28.8
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 14 10.6
Utility Gas 238 38.3   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 265 42.6   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 44 7.1   No cash rent 0 0.0
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 43 6.9   Median (dollars) 415 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 20 3.2   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 12 1.9   Less than 15 percent 38 28.8
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 21 15.9
        20 to 24 percent 15 11.4
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 10 7.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 14 2.3   30 to 34 percent 0 0.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 26 4.2   35 percent or more 48 36.4
No telephone service 0 0.0   Not computed 0 0.0
 
Date: August 27, 2004
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.