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Gulf Shores, Alabama Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Gulf Shores, Alabama      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  9,153  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 3,624 100.0
1-unit, detached 3,995 43.6   1.00 or less 3,553 98.0
1-unit, attached 264 2.9   1.01 to 1.50 38 1.0
2 units 346 3.8   1.51 or more 33 0.9
3 or 4 units 394 4.3        
5 to 9 units 576 6.3             Specified owner-occupied units 1,928 100.0
10 to 19 units 543 5.9   VALUE
20 or more units 2,616 28.6   Less than $50,000 9 0.5
Mobile home 391 4.3   $50,000 to $99,999 292 15.1
Boat, RV, van, etc. 28 0.3   $100,000 to $149,999 457 23.7
        $150,000 to $199,000 383 19.9
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 406 21.1
1999 to March 2000 399 4.4   $300,000 to $499,999 315 16.3
1995 to 1998 2,028 22.2   $500,000 to $999,999 66 3.4
1990 to 1994 1,292 14.1   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 3,297 36.0   Median (dollars) 170,000 (x)
1970 to 1979 1,477 16.1        
1960 to 1969 253 2.8   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 311 3.4        
1939 or earlier 96 1.0   With a mortgage 1,022 53.0
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 45 2.3
1 room 152 1.7        $500 to $699 126 6.5
2 rooms 498 5.4        $700 to $999 291 15.1
3 rooms 609 6.7        $1,000 to $1,499 254 13.2
4 rooms 3,084 33.7        $1,500 to $1,999 200 10.4
5 rooms 2,409 26.3        $2,000 or more 106 5.5
6 rooms 1,298 14.2        Median (dollars) 1,086 (x)
7 rooms 617 6.7   Not mortgaged 906 47.0
8 rooms 300 3.3        Median (dollars) 269 (x)
9 or more rooms 186 2.0        
Median (rooms) 4.6 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

3,624 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 887 46.0
1999 to March 2000 1,034 28.5   15 to 19 percent 239 12.4
1995 to 1998 1,238 34.2   20 to 24 percent 186 9.6
1990 to 1994 586 16.2   25 to 29 percent 84 4.4
1980 to 1989 502 13.9   30 to 34 percent 179 9.3
1970 to 1979 230 6.3   35 percent or more 353 18.3
1969 or earlier 34 0.9   Not computed 0 0.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 1,006 100.0
None 107 3.0   GROSS RENT    
1 1,340 37.0   Less than $200 28 2.8
2 1,644 45.4   $200 to $299 16 1.6
3 or more 533 14.7   $300 to $499 129 12.8
        $500 to $749 430 42.7
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 286 28.4
Utility Gas 360 9.9   $1,000 to $1,499 64 6.4
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 95 2.6   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 3,128 86.3   No cash rent 53 5.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 0 0.0   Median (dollars) 696 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 41 1.1   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 0 0.0   Less than 15 percent 212 21.1
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 99 9.8
        20 to 24 percent 104 10.3
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 77 7.7
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 17 0.5   30 to 34 percent 100 9.9
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 337 33.5
No telephone service 27 0.7   Not computed 77 7.7


- Represents zero or rounds to zero.          (X) Not applicable.          Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.