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Forest City, North Carolina Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Forest City, North Carolina      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  9,207  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 8,352 100.0
1-unit, detached 6,256 67.9   1.00 or less 8,118 97.2
1-unit, attached 58 0.6   1.01 to 1.50 149 1.8
2 units 309 3.4   1.51 or more 85 1.0
3 or 4 units 430 4.7        
5 to 9 units 380 4.1             Specified owner-occupied units 4,126 100.0
10 to 19 units 84 0.9   VALUE
20 or more units 47 0.5   Less than $50,000 1,116 27.0
Mobile home 1,635 17.8   $50,000 to $99,999 2,011 48.7
Boat, RV, van, etc. 8 0.1   $100,000 to $149,999 706 17.1
        $150,000 to $199,000 217 5.3
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 56 1.4
1999 to March 2000 186 2.0   $300,000 to $499,999 20 0.5
1995 to 1998 629 6.8   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 651 7.1   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 1,485 16.1   Median (dollars) 73,500 (x)
1970 to 1979 2,013 21.9        
1960 to 1969 1,676 18.2   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 1,874 20.4        
1939 or earlier 693 7.5   With a mortgage 2,350 57.0
             Less than $300 39 0.9
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 352 8.5
1 room 37 0.4        $500 to $699 661 16.0
2 rooms 141 1.5        $700 to $999 717 17.4
3 rooms 542 5.9        $1,000 to $1,499 492 11.9
4 rooms 1,883 20.5        $1,500 to $1,999 69 1.7
5 rooms 2,935 31.9        $2,000 or more 20 0.5
6 rooms 1,909 20.7        Median (dollars) 742 (x)
7 rooms 789 8.6   Not mortgaged 1,776 43.0
8 rooms 584 6.3        Median (dollars) 210 (x)
9 or more rooms 387 4.2        
Median (rooms) 5.2 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

8,352 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 1,748 42.4
1999 to March 2000 1,355 16.2   15 to 19 percent 681 16.5
1995 to 1998 2,213 26.5   20 to 24 percent 460 11.1
1990 to 1994 1,257 15.1   25 to 29 percent 373 9.0
1980 to 1989 1,229 14.7   30 to 34 percent 204 4.9
1970 to 1979 1,019 12.2   35 percent or more 605 14.7
1969 or earlier 1,279 15.3   Not computed 55 1.3
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 2,774 100.0
None 882 10.6   GROSS RENT    
1 2,831 33.9   Less than $200 243 8.8
2 3,240 38.8   $200 to $299 304 11.0
3 or more 1,399 16.8   $300 to $499 1,396 50.3
        $500 to $749 452 16.3
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 39 1.4
Utility Gas 1,576 18.9   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 706 8.5   $1,500 or more 22 0.8
Electricity 4,010 48.0   No cash rent 318 11.5
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 1,814 21.7   Median (dollars) 402 (x)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 176 2.1   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 10 0.1   Less than 15 percent 625 22.5
No fuel used 60 0.7   15 to 19 percent 369 13.3
        20 to 24 percent 342 12.3
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 204 7.4
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 15 0.2   30 to 34 percent 179 6.5
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 24 0.3   35 percent or more 696 25.1
No telephone service 465 5.6   Not computed 359 12.9


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