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Fort Scott, Kansas Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Fort Scott, Kansas      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  5,622  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 4,996 100.0
1-unit, detached 4,373 77.8   1.00 or less 4,910 98.3
1-unit, attached 73 1.3   1.01 to 1.50 59 1.2
2 units 180 3.2   1.51 or more 27 0.5
3 or 4 units 213 3.8        
5 to 9 units 160 2.8             Specified owner-occupied units 2,597 100.0
10 to 19 units 18 0.3   VALUE
20 or more units 192 3.4   Less than $50,000 1,362 52.4
Mobile home 413 7.3   $50,000 to $99,999 967 37.2
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 204 7.9
        $150,000 to $199,000 48 1.8
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 11 0.4
1999 to March 2000 92 1.6   $300,000 to $499,999 5 0.2
1995 to 1998 239 4.3   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 275 4.9   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 431 7.7   Median (dollars) 48,100 (x)
1970 to 1979 887 15.8        
1960 to 1969 515 9.2   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 1,000 17.8        
1939 or earlier 2,183 38.8   With a mortgage 1,365 52.6
             Less than $300 32 1.2
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 355 13.7
1 room 27 0.5        $500 to $699 407 15.7
2 rooms 176 3.1        $700 to $999 308 11.9
3 rooms 362 6.4        $1,000 to $1,499 224 8.6
4 rooms 878 15.6        $1,500 to $1,999 35 1.3
5 rooms 1,399 24.9        $2,000 or more 4 0.2
6 rooms 1,263 22.5        Median (dollars) 641 (x)
7 rooms 699 12.4   Not mortgaged 1,232 47.4
8 rooms 366 6.5        Median (dollars) 251 (x)
9 or more rooms 452 8.0        
Median (rooms) 5.5 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

4,996 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 1,208 46.5
1999 to March 2000 1,011 20.2   15 to 19 percent 523 20.1
1995 to 1998 1,217 24.4   20 to 24 percent 287 11.1
1990 to 1994 901 18.0   25 to 29 percent 167 6.4
1980 to 1989 885 17.7   30 to 34 percent 120 4.6
1970 to 1979 417 8.3   35 percent or more 274 10.6
1969 or earlier 565 11.3   Not computed 18 0.7
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 1,386 100.0
None 357 7.1   GROSS RENT    
1 1,730 34.6   Less than $200 205 14.8
2 1,786 35.7   $200 to $299 293 21.1
3 or more 1,123 22.5   $300 to $499 401 28.9
        $500 to $749 246 17.7
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 30 2.2
Utility Gas 3,333 66.7   $1,000 to $1,499 65 4.7
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 745 14.9   $1,500 or more 0 0.0
Electricity 769 15.4   No cash rent 146 10.5
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 9 0.2   Median (dollars) 356 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 130 2.6   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 10 0.2   Less than 15 percent 198 14.3
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 225 16.2
        20 to 24 percent 215 15.5
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 144 10.4
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 19 0.4   30 to 34 percent 66 4.8
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 18 0.4   35 percent or more 371 26.8
No telephone service 227 4.5   Not computed 167 12.0


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