H ousing in Northwest region is more frequency occupied by owners than the average for the state.
In 1990 about 63 percent of all housing in the region was owner occupied and 26 percent was renter occupied. That compares with 61 percent and 28 percent for the state. For the region about 10 percent of housing was vacant at the time of the 1990 census and2 percent was classified as seasonal. O wner occupied housing ranged from a low of 53 percent in Mercer County to a high of 73 percent in Clinton County. Each of these counties have recreational lakes.