DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Waterville 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 3,526 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 3,395 100.0
1-unit, detached 2,944 83.5   1.00 or less 3,370 99.3
1-unit, attached 86 2.4   1.01 to 1.50 21 0.6
2 units 135 3.8   1.51 or more 4 0.1
3 or 4 units 178 5.0        
5 to 9 units 110 3.1             Specified owner-occupied units 2,698 100.0
10 to 19 units 9 0.3   VALUE    
20 or more units 50 1.4   Less than $50,000 21 0.8
Mobile home 14 0.4   $50,000 to $99,999 418 15.5
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 986 36.5
        $150,000 to $199,000 628 23.3
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 492 18.2
1999 to March 2000 106 3.0   $300,000 to $499,999 143 5.3
1995 to 1998 209 5.9   $500,000 to $999,999 10 0.4
1990 to 1994 254 7.2   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 515 14.6   Median (dollars) 146,300 (X)
1970 to 1979 838 23.8        
1960 to 1969 460 13.0   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 485 13.8    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 659 18.7   With a mortgage 2,071 76.8
             Less than $300 7 0.3
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 59 2.2
1 room 9 0.3        $500 to $699 175 6.5
2 rooms 58 1.6        $700 to $999 485 18.0
3 rooms 137 3.9        $1,000 to $1,499 781 28.9
4 rooms 273 7.7        $1,500 to $1,999 385 14.3
5 rooms 391 11.1        $2,000 or more 179 6.6
6 rooms 777 22.0        Median (dollars) 1,177 (X)
7 rooms 672 19.1   Not mortgaged 627 23.2
8 rooms 620 17.6        Median (dollars) 350 (X)
9 or more rooms 589 16.7        
Median (rooms) 6.7 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 3,395 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 885 32.8
1999 to March 2000 474 14.0   15 to 19 percent 654 24.2
1995 to 1998 838 24.7   20 to 24 percent 497 18.4
1990 to 1994 735 21.6   25 to 29 percent 271 10.0
1980 to 1989 677 19.9   30 to 34 percent 130 4.8
1970 to 1979 384 11.3   35 percent or more 261 9.7
1969 or earlier 287 8.5   Not computed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 541 100.0
None 77 2.3   GROSS RENT    
1 918 27.0   Less than $200 10 1.8
2 1,487 43.8   $200 to $299 25 4.6
3 or more 913 26.9   $300 to $499 198 36.6
        $500 to $749 213 39.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 52 9.6
Utility Gas 2,755 81.1   $1,000 to $1,499 26 4.8
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 227 6.7   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 334 9.8   No cash rent 17 3.1
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 35 1.0   Median (dollars) 530 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 44 1.3   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 136 25.1
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 89 16.5
        20 to 24 percent 45 8.3
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 100 18.5
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 0 0.0   30 to 34 percent 46 8.5
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 95 17.6
No telephone service 15 0.4   Not computed 30 5.5
 
Date: August 27, 2004
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.