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DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Blair County
[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 55,061 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 51,518 100.0
1-unit, detached 38,600 70.1   1.00 or less 50,894 98.8
1-unit, attached 2,005 3.6   1.01 to 1.50 459 0.9
2 units 3,242 5.9   1.51 or more 165 0.3
3 or 4 units 2,480 4.5        
5 to 9 units 1,850 3.4             Specified owner-occupied units 31,614 100.0
10 to 19 units 963 1.7   VALUE    
20 or more units 1,962 3.6   Less than $50,000 7,802 24.7
Mobile home 3,933 7.1   $50,000 to $99,999 15,453 48.9
Boat, RV, van, etc. 26 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 5,705 18.0
        $150,000 to $199,000 1,641 5.2
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 704 2.2
1999 to March 2000 698 1.3   $300,000 to $499,999 217 0.7
1995 to 1998 2,077 3.8   $500,000 to $999,999 63 0.2
1990 to 1994 2,345 4.3   $1,000,000 or more 29 0.1
1980 to 1989 4,678 8.5   Median (dollars) 73,600 (X)
1970 to 1979 7,277 13.2        
1960 to 1969 4,666 8.5   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 11,333 20.6    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 21,987 39.9   With a mortgage 18,076 57.2
             Less than $300 185 0.6
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 2,320 7.3
1 room 435 0.8        $500 to $699 5,130 16.2
2 rooms 1,175 2.1        $700 to $999 5,978 18.9
3 rooms 3,284 6.0        $1,000 to $1,499 3,365 10.6
4 rooms 7,024 12.8        $1,500 to $1,999 674 2.1
5 rooms 10,785 19.6        $2,000 or more 424 1.3
6 rooms 13,645 24.8        Median (dollars) 756 (X)
7 rooms 9,036 16.4   Not mortgaged 13,538 42.8
8 rooms 5,474 9.9        Median (dollars) 271 (X)
9 or more rooms 4,203 7.6        
Median (rooms) 5.9 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 51,518 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 13,525 42.8
1999 to March 2000 7,077 13.7   15 to 19 percent 5,575 17.6
1995 to 1998 11,356 22.0   20 to 24 percent 4,276 13.5
1990 to 1994 8,061 15.6   25 to 29 percent 2,604 8.2
1980 to 1989 9,406 18.3   30 to 34 percent 1,423 4.5
1970 to 1979 6,214 12.1   35 percent or more 4,064 12.9
1969 or earlier 9,404 18.3   Not computed 147 0.5
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 13,753 100.0
None 5,036 9.8   GROSS RENT    
1 18,510 35.9   Less than $200 1,486 10.8
2 19,939 38.7   $200 to $299 1,493 10.9
3 or more 8,033 15.6   $300 to $499 5,930 43.1
        $500 to $749 3,201 23.3
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 486 3.5
Utility Gas 31,213 60.6   $1,000 to $1,499 149 1.1
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 680 1.3   $1,500 or more 31 0.2
Electricity 4,438 8.6   No cash rent 977 7.1
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 13,330 25.9   Median (dollars) 411 (X)
Coal or coke 764 1.5        
Wood 891 1.7   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 143 0.3   Less than 15 percent 2,550 18.5
No fuel used 59 0.1   15 to 19 percent 1,788 13.0
        20 to 24 percent 1,716 12.5
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 1,592 11.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 111 0.2   30 to 34 percent 1,027 7.5
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 125 0.2   35 percent or more 3,897 28.3
No telephone service 536 1.0   Not computed 1,183 8.6
 
Date: July 7, 2006
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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