Dover Delaware Housing and demographic information

 

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total housing units	13,357	100.0		OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
UNITS IN STRUCTURE				Occupied housing units	12,513	100.0
1-unit, detached	5,982	44.8		1.00 or less	12,121	96.9
1-unit, attached	1,960	14.7		1.01 to 1.50	260	2.1
2 units	447	3.3		1.51 or more	132	1.1
3 or 4 units	417	3.1
5 to 9 units	815	6.1		Specified owner-occupied units	5,777	100.0
10 to 19 units	1,575	11.8		VALUE
20 or more units	1,391	10.4		Less than $50,000	112	1.9
Mobile home	770	5.8		$50,000 to $99,999	2,006	34.7
Boat, RV, van, etc.	0	0.0		$100,000 to $149,999	2,556	44.2
				$150,000 to $199,000	708	12.3
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT				$200,000 to $299,999	287	5.0
1999 to March 2000	203	1.5		$300,000 to $499,999	86	1.5
1995 to 1998	1,081	8.1		$500,000 to $999,999	22	0.4
1990 to 1994	1,742	13.0		$1,000,000 or more	0	0.0
1980 to 1989	2,300	17.2		Median (dollars)	111,300	(X)
1970 to 1979	2,395	17.9
1960 to 1969	2,478	18.6		MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED
1940 to 1959	2,233	16.7		MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1939 or earlier	925	6.9		With a mortgage	4,296	74.4
				Less than $300	6	0.1
ROOMS				$300 to $499	96	1.7
1 room	262	2.0		$500 to $699	409	7.1
2 rooms	618	4.6		$700 to $999	1,477	25.6
3 rooms	1,459	10.9		$1,000 to $1,499	1,652	28.6
4 rooms	2,136	16.0		$1,500 to $1,999	567	9.8
5 rooms	2,587	19.4		$2,000 or more	89	1.5
6 rooms	1,841	13.8		Median (dollars)	1,034	(X)
7 rooms	1,741	13.0		Not mortgaged	1,481	25.6
8 rooms	1,592	11.9		Median (dollars)	257	(X)
9 or more rooms	1,121	8.4
Median (rooms)	5.4	(X)		SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
				AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD
Occupied Housing Units	12,513	100.0		INCOME IN 1999
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT				Less than 15 percent	2,076	35.9
1999 to March 2000	2,782	22.2		15 to 19 percent	1,065	18.4
1995 to 1998	4,164	33.3		20 to 24 percent	893	15.5
1990 to 1994	2,123	17.0		25 to 29 percent	500	8.7
1980 to 1989	1,509	12.1		30 to 34 percent	303	5.2
1970 to 1979	814	6.5		35 percent or more	905	15.7
1969 or earlier	1,121	9.0		Not computed	35	0.6
VEHICLES AVAILABLE				Specified renter-occupied units	5,864	100.0
None	1,430	11.4		GROSS RENT
1	5,146	41.1		Less than $200	406	6.9
2	4,307	34.4		$200 to $299	314	5.4
3 or more	1,630	13.0		$300 to $499	1,181	20.1
				$500 to $749	2,369	40.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL				$750 to $999	997	17.0
Utility Gas	7,283	58.2		$1,000 to $1,499	327	5.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas	526	4.2		$1,500 or more	39	0.7
Electricity	2,441	19.5		No cash rent	231	3.9
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.	2,146	17.2		Median (dollars)	599	(X)
Coal or coke	21	0.2
Wood	52	0.4		GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF
Solar energy	6	0.0		HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Other fuel	22	0.2		Less than 15 percent	961	16.4
No fuel used	16	0.1		15 to 19 percent	819	14.0
				20 to 24 percent	638	10.9
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS				25 to 29 percent	770	13.1
Lacking complete plumbing facilities	20	0.2		30 to 34 percent	488	8.3
Lacking complete kitchen facilities	57	0.5		35 percent or more	1,835	31.3
No telephone service	276	2.2		Not computed	353	6.0
Date: December 30, 2004
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.