Gulf Shores Alabama Housing and demographic information

 

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total housing units	6,847	100.0		OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
UNITS IN STRUCTURE				Occupied housing units	2,397	100.0
1-unit, detached	2,630	38.4		1.00 or less	2,352	98.1
1-unit, attached	228	3.3		1.01 to 1.50	12	0.5
2 units	265	3.9		1.51 or more	33	1.4
3 or 4 units	322	4.7
5 to 9 units	313	4.6		Specified owner-occupied units	1,359	100.0
10 to 19 units	501	7.3		VALUE
20 or more units	2,536	37.0		Less than $50,000	0	0.0
Mobile home	32	0.5		$50,000 to $99,999	180	13.2
Boat, RV, van, etc.	20	0.3		$100,000 to $149,999	328	24.1
				$150,000 to $199,000	271	19.9
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT				$200,000 to $299,999	299	22.0
1999 to March 2000	268	3.9		$300,000 to $499,999	230	16.9
1995 to 1998	1,371	20.0		$500,000 to $999,999	51	3.8
1990 to 1994	950	13.9		$1,000,000 or more	0	0.0
1980 to 1989	2,775	40.5		Median (dollars)	177,200	(X)
1970 to 1979	1,141	16.7
1960 to 1969	119	1.7		MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED
1940 to 1959	185	2.7		MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1939 or earlier	38	0.6		With a mortgage	763	56.1
				Less than $300	0	0.0
ROOMS				$300 to $499	17	1.3
1 room	152	2.2		$500 to $699	85	6.3
2 rooms	413	6.0		$700 to $999	212	15.6
3 rooms	447	6.5		$1,000 to $1,499	197	14.5
4 rooms	2,565	37.5		$1,500 to $1,999	152	11.2
5 rooms	1,638	23.9		$2,000 or more	100	7.4
6 rooms	850	12.4		Median (dollars)	1,165	(X)
7 rooms	475	6.9		Not mortgaged	596	43.9
8 rooms	182	2.7		Median (dollars)	283	(X)
9 or more rooms	125	1.8
Median (rooms)	4.4	(X)		SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
				AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD
Occupied Housing Units	2,397	100.0		INCOME IN 1999
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT				Less than 15 percent	603	44.4
1999 to March 2000	738	30.8		15 to 19 percent	170	12.5
1995 to 1998	799	33.3		20 to 24 percent	115	8.5
1990 to 1994	372	15.5		25 to 29 percent	56	4.1
1980 to 1989	382	15.9		30 to 34 percent	150	11.0
1970 to 1979	88	3.7		35 percent or more	265	19.5
1969 or earlier	18	0.8		Not computed	0	0.0
VEHICLES AVAILABLE				Specified renter-occupied units	664	100.0
None	77	3.2		GROSS RENT
1	921	38.4		Less than $200	0	0.0
2	1,068	44.6		$200 to $299	16	2.4
3 or more	331	13.8		$300 to $499	79	11.9
				$500 to $749	297	44.7
HOUSE HEATING FUEL				$750 to $999	182	27.4
Utility Gas	251	10.5		$1,000 to $1,499	57	8.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas	11	0.5		$1,500 or more	0	0.0
Electricity	2,104	87.8		No cash rent	33	5.0
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.	0	0.0		Median (dollars)	705	(X)
Coal or coke	0	0.0
Wood	31	1.3		GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF
Solar energy	0	0.0		HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Other fuel	0	0.0		Less than 15 percent	172	25.9
No fuel used	0	0.0		15 to 19 percent	46	6.9
				20 to 24 percent	79	11.9
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS				25 to 29 percent	65	9.8
Lacking complete plumbing facilities	17	0.7		30 to 34 percent	55	8.3
Lacking complete kitchen facilities	0	0.0		35 percent or more	206	31.0
No telephone service	0	0.0		Not computed	41	6.2
Date: December 30, 2004
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.