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Lake Charles, Louisiana Real Estate Census Data

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Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units       OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 27,887 100.0
1-unit, detached 20,314 72.8   1.00 or less 26,608 95.4
1-unit, attached 652 2.3   1.01 to 1.50 849 3.0
2 units 1,409 5.1   1.51 or more 430 1.5
3 or 4 units 1,211 4.3        
5 to 9 units 994 3.6             Specified owner-occupied units 15,162 100.0
10 to 19 units 914 3.3   VALUE
20 or more units 1,812 6.5   Less than $50,000 3,951 26.1
Mobile home 543 1.9   $50,000 to $99,999 7,119 47.0
Boat, RV, van, etc. 38 0.1   $100,000 to $149,999 2,269 15.0
        $150,000 to $199,000 740 4.9
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 602 4.0
1999 to March 2000 390 1.4   $300,000 to $499,999 350 2.3
1995 to 1998 1,162 4.2   $500,000 to $999,999 110 0.7
1990 to 1994 1,045 3.7   $1,000,000 or more 21 0.1
1980 to 1989 3,210 11.5   Median (dollars) 72,100 (x)
1970 to 1979 5,254 18.8        
1960 to 1969 4,893 17.5   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 9,408 33.7        
1939 or earlier 2,525 9.1   With a mortgage 8,322 54.9
             Less than $300 153 1.0
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 1,346 8.9
1 room 479 1.7        $500 to $699 2,299 15.2
2 rooms 1,165 4.2        $700 to $999 2,413 15.9
3 rooms 2,625 9.4        $1,000 to $1,499 1,345 8.9
4 rooms 4,638 16.6        $1,500 to $1,999 475 3.1
5 rooms 6,624 23.8        $2,000 or more 291 1.9
6 rooms 5,667 20.3        Median (dollars) 734 (x)
7 rooms 3,476 12.5   Not mortgaged 6,840 45.1
8 rooms 1,629 5.8        Median (dollars) 219 (x)
9 or more rooms 1,584 5.7        
Median (rooms) 5.3 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

27,887 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 7,984 52.7
1999 to March 2000 6,526 23.4   15 to 19 percent 2,477 16.3
1995 to 1998 7,091 25.4   20 to 24 percent 1,435 9.5
1990 to 1994 3,543 12.7   25 to 29 percent 715 4.7
1980 to 1989 3,360 12.0   30 to 34 percent 497 3.3
1970 to 1979 3,203 11.5   35 percent or more 1,821 12.0
1969 or earlier 4,164 14.9   Not computed 233 1.5
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 11,737 100.0
None 3,239 11.6   GROSS RENT    
1 12,037 43.2   Less than $200 1,191 10.1
2 9,604 34.4   $200 to $299 1,233 10.5
3 or more 3,007 10.8   $300 to $499 3,786 32.3
        $500 to $749 3,782 32.2
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 731 6.2
Utility Gas 16,901 60.6   $1,000 to $1,499 171 1.5
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 211 0.8   $1,500 or more 107 0.9
Electricity 10,599 38.0   No cash rent 736 6.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 34 0.1   Median (dollars) 462 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 32 0.1   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 8 0.0   Less than 15 percent 2,364 20.1
No fuel used 102 0.4   15 to 19 percent 1,591 13.6
        20 to 24 percent 1,312 11.2
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 1,022 8.7
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 200 0.7   30 to 34 percent 815 6.9
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 189 0.7   35 percent or more 3,515 29.9
No telephone service 1,015 3.6   Not computed 1,118 9.5


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