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Alton, Iowa Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Alton, Iowa      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  628  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 592 100.0
1-unit, detached 514 81.8   1.00 or less 570 96.3
1-unit, attached 10 1.6   1.01 to 1.50 22 3.7
2 units 12 1.9   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 48 7.6        
5 to 9 units 4 0.6             Specified owner-occupied units 377 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE
20 or more units 0 0.0   Less than $50,000 67 17.8
Mobile home 40 6.4   $50,000 to $99,999 184 48.8
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 101 26.8
        $150,000 to $199,000 16 4.2
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 9 2.4
1999 to March 2000 7 1.1   $300,000 to $499,999 0 0.0
1995 to 1998 40 6.4   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 20 3.2   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 50 8.0   Median (dollars) 80,200 (x)
1970 to 1979 95 15.1        
1960 to 1969 55 8.8   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 77 12.3        
1939 or earlier 284 45.2   With a mortgage 207 54.9
             Less than $300 0 0.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 34 9.0
1 room 2 0.3        $500 to $699 80 21.2
2 rooms 0 0.0        $700 to $999 59 15.6
3 rooms 41 6.5        $1,000 to $1,499 28 7.4
4 rooms 86 13.7        $1,500 to $1,999 0 0.0
5 rooms 80 12.7        $2,000 or more 6 1.6
6 rooms 111 17.7        Median (dollars) 670 (x)
7 rooms 103 16.4   Not mortgaged 170 45.1
8 rooms 103 16.4        Median (dollars) 251 (x)
9 or more rooms 102 16.2        
Median (rooms) 6.4 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

592 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 202 53.6
1999 to March 2000 63 10.6   15 to 19 percent 41 10.9
1995 to 1998 158 26.7   20 to 24 percent 72 19.1
1990 to 1994 125 21.1   25 to 29 percent 33 8.8
1980 to 1989 96 16.2   30 to 34 percent 12 3.2
1970 to 1979 59 10.0   35 percent or more 15 4.0
1969 or earlier 91 15.4   Not computed 2 0.5
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 124 100.0
None 27 4.6   GROSS RENT    
1 145 24.5   Less than $200 5 4.0
2 264 44.6   $200 to $299 21 16.9
3 or more 156 26.4   $300 to $499 49 39.5
        $500 to $749 24 19.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 0 0.0
Utility Gas 354 59.8   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 59 10.0   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 136 23.0   No cash rent 25 20.2
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 32 5.4   Median (dollars) 390 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 9 1.5   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 2 0.3   Less than 15 percent 34 27.4
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 18 14.5
        20 to 24 percent 14 11.3
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 5 4.0
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 0 0.0   30 to 34 percent 2 1.6
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 20 16.1
No telephone service 8 1.4   Not computed 31 25.0


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