
DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Prairie 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 | 4,790 | 100.0 | OCCUPANTS PER ROOM | |||
| UNITS IN STRUCTURE | Occupied housing units | 3,894 | 100.0 | |||
| 1-unit, detached | 3,292 | 68.7 | 1.00 or less | 3,819 | 98.1 | |
| 1-unit, attached | 36 | 0.8 | 1.01 to 1.50 | 53 | 1.4 | |
| 2 units | 82 | 1.7 | 1.51 or more | 22 | 0.6 | |
| 3 or 4 units | 83 | 1.7 | ||||
| 5 to 9 units | 37 | 0.8 | Specified owner-occupied units | 1,728 | 100.0 | |
| 10 to 19 units | 48 | 1.0 | VALUE | |||
| 20 or more units | 44 | 0.9 | Less than $50,000 | 761 | 44.0 | |
| Mobile home | 1,092 | 22.8 | $50,000 to $99,999 | 765 | 44.3 | |
| Boat, RV, van, etc. | 76 | 1.6 | $100,000 to $149,999 | 144 | 8.3 | |
| $150,000 to $199,000 | 25 | 1.4 | ||||
| YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT | $200,000 to $299,999 | 33 | 1.9 | |||
| 1999 to March 2000 | 132 | 2.8 | $300,000 to $499,999 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 1995 to 1998 | 344 | 7.2 | $500,000 to $999,999 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 1990 to 1994 | 322 | 6.7 | $1,000,000 or more | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 1980 to 1989 | 662 | 13.8 | Median (dollars) | 55,600 | (X) | |
| 1970 to 1979 | 880 | 18.4 | ||||
| 1960 to 1969 | 830 | 17.3 | MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED | |||
| 1940 to 1959 | 993 | 20.7 | MONTHLY OWNER COSTS | |||
| 1939 or earlier | 627 | 13.1 | With a mortgage | 795 | 46.0 | |
| Less than $300 | 29 | 1.7 | ||||
| ROOMS | $300 to $499 | 163 | 9.4 | |||
| 1 room | 120 | 2.5 | $500 to $699 | 297 | 17.2 | |
| 2 rooms | 111 | 2.3 | $700 to $999 | 204 | 11.8 | |
| 3 rooms | 342 | 7.1 | $1,000 to $1,499 | 97 | 5.6 | |
| 4 rooms | 992 | 20.7 | $1,500 to $1,999 | 5 | 0.3 | |
| 5 rooms | 1,377 | 28.7 | $2,000 or more | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 6 rooms | 919 | 19.2 | Median (dollars) | 652 | (X) | |
| 7 rooms | 531 | 11.1 | Not mortgaged | 933 | 54.0 | |
| 8 rooms | 242 | 5.1 | Median (dollars) | 269 | (X) | |
| 9 or more rooms | 156 | 3.3 | ||||
| Median (rooms) | 5.1 | (X) | SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS | |||
| AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD | ||||||
| Occupied Housing Units | 3,894 | 100.0 | INCOME IN 1999 | |||
| YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT | Less than 15 percent | 849 | 49.1 | |||
| 1999 to March 2000 | 542 | 13.9 | 15 to 19 percent | 256 | 14.8 | |
| 1995 to 1998 | 942 | 24.2 | 20 to 24 percent | 148 | 8.6 | |
| 1990 to 1994 | 651 | 16.7 | 25 to 29 percent | 110 | 6.4 | |
| 1980 to 1989 | 594 | 15.3 | 30 to 34 percent | 54 | 3.1 | |
| 1970 to 1979 | 532 | 13.7 | 35 percent or more | 285 | 16.5 | |
| 1969 or earlier | 633 | 16.3 | Not computed | 26 | 1.5 | |
| VEHICLES AVAILABLE | Specified renter-occupied units | 995 | 100.0 | |||
| None | 361 | 9.3 | GROSS RENT | |||
| 1 | 1,248 | 32.0 | Less than $200 | 166 | 16.7 | |
| 2 | 1,533 | 39.4 | $200 to $299 | 108 | 10.9 | |
| 3 or more | 752 | 19.3 | $300 to $499 | 267 | 26.8 | |
| $500 to $749 | 99 | 9.9 | ||||
| HOUSE HEATING FUEL | $750 to $999 | 18 | 1.8 | |||
| Utility Gas | 1,442 | 37.0 | $1,000 to $1,499 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Bottled, Tank, or LP gas | 832 | 21.4 | $1,500 or more | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Electricity | 1,376 | 35.3 | No cash rent | 337 | 33.9 | |
| Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. | 7 | 0.2 | Median (dollars) | 336 | (X) | |
| Coal or coke | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Wood | 228 | 5.9 | GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF | |||
| Solar energy | 0 | 0.0 | HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999 | |||
| Other fuel | 2 | 0.1 | Less than 15 percent | 221 | 22.2 | |
| No fuel used | 7 | 0.2 | 15 to 19 percent | 79 | 7.9 | |
| 20 to 24 percent | 80 | 8.0 | ||||
| SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS | 25 to 29 percent | 54 | 5.4 | |||
| Lacking complete plumbing facilities | 26 | 0.7 | 30 to 34 percent | 57 | 5.7 | |
| Lacking complete kitchen facilities | 15 | 0.4 | 35 percent or more | 148 | 14.9 | |
| No telephone service | 401 | 10.3 | Not computed | 356 | 35.8 | |
| Date: July 7, 2006 | ||||||
| -Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. | ||||||
| Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. | ||||||
- Page last reviewed December 31, 2008
- Page last updated December 31, 2008
- Content source: CDC Emergency Risk Communication Branch (ERCB), Division of Emergency Operations (DEO), Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR)

