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DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Roanoke city
[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 45,257 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 42,003 100.0
1-unit, detached 27,849 61.5   1.00 or less 41,069 97.8
1-unit, attached 1,100 2.4   1.01 to 1.50 604 1.4
2 units 4,084 9.0   1.51 or more 330 0.8
3 or 4 units 2,223 4.9        
5 to 9 units 2,840 6.3             Specified owner-occupied units 21,765 100.0
10 to 19 units 4,455 9.8   VALUE    
20 or more units 2,386 5.3   Less than $50,000 3,346 15.4
Mobile home 313 0.7   $50,000 to $99,999 12,299 56.5
Boat, RV, van, etc. 7 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 3,563 16.4
        $150,000 to $199,000 1,135 5.2
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 842 3.9
1999 to March 2000 362 0.8   $300,000 to $499,999 460 2.1
1995 to 1998 1,200 2.7   $500,000 to $999,999 101 0.5
1990 to 1994 1,255 2.8   $1,000,000 or more 19 0.1
1980 to 1989 3,201 7.1   Median (dollars) 80,300 (X)
1970 to 1979 6,250 13.8        
1960 to 1969 7,515 16.6   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 15,975 35.3    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 9,499 21.0   With a mortgage 14,470 66.5
             Less than $300 208 1.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 1,907 8.8
1 room 722 1.6        $500 to $699 3,573 16.4
2 rooms 1,496 3.3        $700 to $999 5,119 23.5
3 rooms 4,487 9.9        $1,000 to $1,499 2,653 12.2
4 rooms 8,164 18.0        $1,500 to $1,999 565 2.6
5 rooms 9,648 21.3        $2,000 or more 445 2.0
6 rooms 7,843 17.3        Median (dollars) 772 (X)
7 rooms 5,146 11.4   Not mortgaged 7,295 33.5
8 rooms 3,931 8.7        Median (dollars) 222 (X)
9 or more rooms 3,820 8.4        
Median (rooms) 5.3 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 42,003 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 8,733 40.1
1999 to March 2000 9,494 22.6   15 to 19 percent 3,881 17.8
1995 to 1998 11,534 27.5   20 to 24 percent 2,845 13.1
1990 to 1994 5,865 14.0   25 to 29 percent 1,809 8.3
1980 to 1989 5,809 13.8   30 to 34 percent 1,026 4.7
1970 to 1979 3,869 9.2   35 percent or more 3,307 15.2
1969 or earlier 5,432 12.9   Not computed 164 0.8
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 18,336 100.0
None 5,320 12.7   GROSS RENT    
1 17,316 41.2   Less than $200 1,750 9.5
2 13,420 32.0   $200 to $299 1,285 7.0
3 or more 5,947 14.2   $300 to $499 7,764 42.3
        $500 to $749 5,488 29.9
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 1,108 6.0
Utility Gas 23,379 55.7   $1,000 to $1,499 164 0.9
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 607 1.4   $1,500 or more 222 1.2
Electricity 11,851 28.2   No cash rent 555 3.0
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 5,772 13.7   Median (dollars) 448 (X)
Coal or coke 14 0.0        
Wood 170 0.4   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 123 0.3   Less than 15 percent 3,721 20.3
No fuel used 87 0.2   15 to 19 percent 2,988 16.3
        20 to 24 percent 2,268 12.4
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 1,973 10.8
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 215 0.5   30 to 34 percent 1,376 7.5
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 244 0.6   35 percent or more 4,954 27.0
No telephone service 1,373 3.3   Not computed 1,056 5.8
 
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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