Quick Table H-1. General Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Gettysburg borough
 
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Subject Number Percent

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 2,759 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 2,541 92.1%
Vacant housing unit 218 7.9%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 2,541 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 915 36.0%
Renter-occupied housing unit 1,626 64.0%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 218 100.0%
For rent 72 33.0%
For Sale Only 22 10.1%
Rented or sold, not occupied 17 7.8%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 40 18.3%
For migratory workers 0 0.0%
Other vacant 67 30.7%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 2,541 100.0%
One Race 2,507 98.7%
 White 2,251 88.6%
 Black or African American 150 5.9%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 7 0.3%
 Asian 29 1.1%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0 0.0%
 Some Other Race 70 2.8%
Two or more races 34 1.3%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 2,541 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 117 4.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino 2,424 95.4%
 White alone 2,215 87.2%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 2,541 100.0%
15 to 24 years 285 11.2%
25 to 34 years 396 15.6%
35 to 44 years 395 15.5%
45 to 54 years 480 18.9%
55 to 64 years 289 11.4%
65 years and over 696 27.4%
 65 to 74 years 327 12.9%
 75 to 84 years 267 10.5%
 85 years and older 102 4.0%
 

(X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 1. Matrices H3, H4, H5, H6, H7, and H16