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Mount Vernon, Iowa Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Mount Vernon, Iowa      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  1,745  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,618 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,423 81.5   1.00 or less 1,609 99.4
1-unit, attached 36 2.1   1.01 to 1.50 5 0.3
2 units 44 2.5   1.51 or more 4 0.2
3 or 4 units 92 5.3        
5 to 9 units 38 2.2             Specified owner-occupied units 944 100.0
10 to 19 units 19 1.1   VALUE
20 or more units 4 0.2   Less than $50,000 23 2.4
Mobile home 89 5.1   $50,000 to $99,999 220 23.3
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 420 44.5
        $150,000 to $199,000 203 21.5
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 74 7.8
1999 to March 2000 26 1.5   $300,000 to $499,999 4 0.4
1995 to 1998 97 5.6   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 126 7.2   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 116 6.6   Median (dollars) 125,000 (x)
1970 to 1979 304 17.4        
1960 to 1969 142 8.1   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 297 17.0        
1939 or earlier 637 36.5   With a mortgage 695 73.6
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 8 0.8
1 room 18 1.0        $500 to $699 76 8.1
2 rooms 24 1.4        $700 to $999 228 24.2
3 rooms 74 4.2        $1,000 to $1,499 250 26.5
4 rooms 207 11.9        $1,500 to $1,999 114 12.1
5 rooms 283 16.2        $2,000 or more 19 2.0
6 rooms 256 14.7        Median (dollars) 1,058 (x)
7 rooms 277 15.9   Not mortgaged 249 26.4
8 rooms 305 17.5        Median (dollars) 387 (x)
9 or more rooms 301 17.2        
Median (rooms) 6.5 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

1,618 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 354 37.5
1999 to March 2000 228 14.1   15 to 19 percent 189 20.0
1995 to 1998 428 26.5   20 to 24 percent 159 16.8
1990 to 1994 254 15.7   25 to 29 percent 91 9.6
1980 to 1989 340 21.0   30 to 34 percent 31 3.3
1970 to 1979 217 13.4   35 percent or more 116 12.3
1969 or earlier 151 9.3   Not computed 4 0.4
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 318 100.0
None 78 4.8   GROSS RENT    
1 370 22.9   Less than $200 14 4.4
2 684 42.3   $200 to $299 9 2.8
3 or more 486 30.0   $300 to $499 121 38.1
        $500 to $749 112 35.2
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 24 7.5
Utility Gas 964 59.6   $1,000 to $1,499 7 2.2
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 347 21.4   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 160 9.9   No cash rent 31 9.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 100 6.2   Median (dollars) 500 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 16 1.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 31 1.9   Less than 15 percent 66 20.8
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 66 20.8
        20 to 24 percent 60 18.9
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 22 6.9
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 0 0.0   30 to 34 percent 16 5.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 8 0.5   35 percent or more 57 17.9
No telephone service 0 0.0   Not computed 31 9.7


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