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Chester, West Virginia Real Estate Census Data

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Geographic Area: Chester, West Virginia      
 
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units  2,380  100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
   
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 2,179 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,790 75.2   1.00 or less 2,172 99.7
1-unit, attached 4 0.2   1.01 to 1.50 7 0.3
2 units 104 4.4   1.51 or more 0 0.0
3 or 4 units 51 2.1        
5 to 9 units 89 3.7             Specified owner-occupied units 1,232 100.0
10 to 19 units 0 0.0   VALUE
20 or more units 37 1.6   Less than $50,000 451 36.6
Mobile home 305 12.8   $50,000 to $99,999 635 51.5
Boat, RV, van, etc. 0 0.0   $100,000 to $149,999 98 8.0
        $150,000 to $199,000 22 1.8
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 17 1.4
1999 to March 2000 8 0.3   $300,000 to $499,999 9 0.7
1995 to 1998 98 4.1   $500,000 to $999,999 0 0.0
1990 to 1994 66 2.8   $1,000,000 or more 0 0.0
1980 to 1989 216 9.1   Median (dollars) 62,000 (x)
1970 to 1979 392 16.5        
1960 to 1969 272 11.4   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1940 to 1959 660 27.7        
1939 or earlier 668 28.1   With a mortgage 671 54.5
             Less than $300 46 3.7
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 144 11.7
1 room 0 0.0        $500 to $699 230 18.7
2 rooms 14 0.6        $700 to $999 152 12.3
3 rooms 145 6.1        $1,000 to $1,499 89 7.2
4 rooms 543 22.8        $1,500 to $1,999 10 0.8
5 rooms 588 24.7        $2,000 or more 0 0.0
6 rooms 603 25.3        Median (dollars) 636 (x)
7 rooms 257 10.8   Not mortgaged 561 45.5
8 rooms 159 6.7        Median (dollars) 193 (x)
9 or more rooms 71 3.0        
Median (rooms) 5.3 (x)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
          Occupied Housing Units

2,179 100.0        
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15 percent 649 52.7
1999 to March 2000 316 14.5   15 to 19 percent 188 15.3
1995 to 1998 508 23.3   20 to 24 percent 83 6.7
1990 to 1994 262 12.0   25 to 29 percent 61 5.0
1980 to 1989 379 17.4   30 to 34 percent 47 3.8
1970 to 1979 304 14.0   35 percent or more 193 15.7
1969 or earlier 410 18.8   Not computed 11 0.9
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 592 100.0
None 140 6.4   GROSS RENT    
1 905 41.5   Less than $200 24 4.1
2 800 36.7   $200 to $299 83 14.0
3 or more 334 15.3   $300 to $499 240 40.5
        $500 to $749 81 13.7
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 0 0.0
Utility Gas 1,190 54.6   $1,000 to $1,499 0 0.0
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 201 9.2   $1,500 or more 18 3.0
Electricity 393 18.0   No cash rent 146 24.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 381 17.5   Median (dollars) 411 (x)
Coal or coke 7 0.3        
Wood 0 0.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Solar energy 0 0.0        
Other fuel 7 0.3   Less than 15 percent 80 13.5
No fuel used 0 0.0   15 to 19 percent 79 13.3
        20 to 24 percent 80 13.5
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 43 7.3
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 9 0.4   30 to 34 percent 13 2.2
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 0 0.0   35 percent or more 151 25.5
No telephone service 50 2.3   Not computed 146 24.7


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