
DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Wheeler 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 | 2,687 | 100.0 | OCCUPANTS PER ROOM | |||
| UNITS IN STRUCTURE | Occupied housing units | 2,152 | 100.0 | |||
| 1-unit, detached | 2,329 | 86.7 | 1.00 or less | 2,092 | 97.2 | |
| 1-unit, attached | 41 | 1.5 | 1.01 to 1.50 | 37 | 1.7 | |
| 2 units | 30 | 1.1 | 1.51 or more | 23 | 1.1 | |
| 3 or 4 units | 2 | 0.1 | ||||
| 5 to 9 units | 24 | 0.9 | Specified owner-occupied units | 1,225 | 100.0 | |
| 10 to 19 units | 0 | 0.0 | VALUE | |||
| 20 or more units | 0 | 0.0 | Less than $50,000 | 783 | 63.9 | |
| Mobile home | 257 | 9.6 | $50,000 to $99,999 | 380 | 31.0 | |
| Boat, RV, van, etc. | 4 | 0.1 | $100,000 to $149,999 | 45 | 3.7 | |
| $150,000 to $199,000 | 6 | 0.5 | ||||
| YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT | $200,000 to $299,999 | 5 | 0.4 | |||
| 1999 to March 2000 | 4 | 0.1 | $300,000 to $499,999 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 1995 to 1998 | 46 | 1.7 | $500,000 to $999,999 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 1990 to 1994 | 46 | 1.7 | $1,000,000 or more | 6 | 0.5 | |
| 1980 to 1989 | 305 | 11.4 | Median (dollars) | 37,000 | (X) | |
| 1970 to 1979 | 442 | 16.4 | ||||
| 1960 to 1969 | 268 | 10.0 | MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED | |||
| 1940 to 1959 | 919 | 34.2 | MONTHLY OWNER COSTS | |||
| 1939 or earlier | 657 | 24.5 | With a mortgage | 393 | 32.1 | |
| Less than $300 | 6 | 0.5 | ||||
| ROOMS | $300 to $499 | 137 | 11.2 | |||
| 1 room | 3 | 0.1 | $500 to $699 | 123 | 10.0 | |
| 2 rooms | 59 | 2.2 | $700 to $999 | 99 | 8.1 | |
| 3 rooms | 129 | 4.8 | $1,000 to $1,499 | 26 | 2.1 | |
| 4 rooms | 468 | 17.4 | $1,500 to $1,999 | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 5 rooms | 817 | 30.4 | $2,000 or more | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 6 rooms | 622 | 23.1 | Median (dollars) | 576 | (X) | |
| 7 rooms | 338 | 12.6 | Not mortgaged | 832 | 67.9 | |
| 8 rooms | 168 | 6.3 | Median (dollars) | 231 | (X) | |
| 9 or more rooms | 83 | 3.1 | ||||
| Median (rooms) | 5.3 | (X) | SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS | |||
| AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD | ||||||
| Occupied Housing Units | 2,152 | 100.0 | INCOME IN 1999 | |||
| YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT | Less than 15 percent | 681 | 55.6 | |||
| 1999 to March 2000 | 303 | 14.1 | 15 to 19 percent | 138 | 11.3 | |
| 1995 to 1998 | 535 | 24.9 | 20 to 24 percent | 119 | 9.7 | |
| 1990 to 1994 | 323 | 15.0 | 25 to 29 percent | 71 | 5.8 | |
| 1980 to 1989 | 386 | 17.9 | 30 to 34 percent | 42 | 3.4 | |
| 1970 to 1979 | 338 | 15.7 | 35 percent or more | 152 | 12.4 | |
| 1969 or earlier | 267 | 12.4 | Not computed | 22 | 1.8 | |
| VEHICLES AVAILABLE | Specified renter-occupied units | 430 | 100.0 | |||
| None | 118 | 5.5 | GROSS RENT | |||
| 1 | 724 | 33.6 | Less than $200 | 21 | 4.9 | |
| 2 | 899 | 41.8 | $200 to $299 | 87 | 20.2 | |
| 3 or more | 411 | 19.1 | $300 to $499 | 168 | 39.1 | |
| $500 to $749 | 33 | 7.7 | ||||
| HOUSE HEATING FUEL | $750 to $999 | 4 | 0.9 | |||
| Utility Gas | 1,549 | 72.0 | $1,000 to $1,499 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Bottled, Tank, or LP gas | 287 | 13.3 | $1,500 or more | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Electricity | 279 | 13.0 | No cash rent | 117 | 27.2 | |
| Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. | 0 | 0.0 | Median (dollars) | 348 | (X) | |
| Coal or coke | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Wood | 28 | 1.3 | GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF | |||
| Solar energy | 0 | 0.0 | HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999 | |||
| Other fuel | 9 | 0.4 | Less than 15 percent | 121 | 28.1 | |
| No fuel used | 0 | 0.0 | 15 to 19 percent | 37 | 8.6 | |
| 20 to 24 percent | 22 | 5.1 | ||||
| SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS | 25 to 29 percent | 40 | 9.3 | |||
| Lacking complete plumbing facilities | 4 | 0.2 | 30 to 34 percent | 12 | 2.8 | |
| Lacking complete kitchen facilities | 12 | 0.6 | 35 percent or more | 79 | 18.4 | |
| No telephone service | 108 | 5.0 | Not computed | 119 | 27.7 | |
| 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)

