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American Housing Survey for the United States: 1999


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Table 5-22. Value by Selected Characteristics--Owner Occupied Units With Black Householder
[Numbers in thousands.  Consistent with the 1990 Census.  ... means not applicable or sample too small.  - means zero or rounds to zero.]
Total Less than
$30,000		 $30,000
to
$39,999		 $40,000
to
$49,999		 $50,000
to
$59,999		 $60,000
to
$79,999		 $80,000
to
$99,999		 $100,000
to
$149,999		 $150,000
to
$199,999		 $200,000
to
$249,999		 $250,000
to
$299,999		 $300,000
or more		 Median

Total		 6013 655 401 411 462 1064 943 1080 514 215 112 157 80302

Units in Structure

1, detached		 4650 264 282 293 366 898 804 895 439 193 75 141 85541
1, attached 551 50 49 36 42 82 91 106 55 9 25 4 83333
2 to 4 202 23 17 11 8 32 30 48 7 13 5 7 86323
5 to 9 28 1 0 0 2 7 2 6 5 0 3 1 113277
10 to 19 24 2 0 2 6 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 68539
20 to 49 20 3 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 3 63414
50 or more 44 6 2 3 0 10 4 10 7 0 3 0 88317
Mobile home or trailer 493 305 51 64 32 28 4 9 0 0 0 0 24270

Year Structure Built@14

2000 to 2004		 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 to 1999 559 108 34 48 33 41 64 89 72 27 14 30 84872
1990 to 1994 339 50 4 25 10 47 57 67 35 24 7 13 91829
1985 to 1989 317 40 8 2 24 29 62 78 46 13 7 8 97671
1980 to 1984 309 38 14 18 16 56 63 63 23 6 7 5 83897
1975 to 1979 358 46 13 8 17 69 51 94 40 13 6 1 90075
1970 to 1974 560 56 26 50 53 116 101 101 32 7 8 8 76226
1960 to 1969 891 65 47 56 61 210 143 171 67 30 18 23 80783
1950 to 1959 838 53 67 57 78 156 157 137 63 38 12 19 80934
1940 to 1949 596 60 56 44 66 129 74 86 36 16 14 15 71365
1930 to 1939 489 45 36 41 50 83 67 86 41 18 13 11 77595
1920 to 1929 355 40 43 32 27 52 35 69 39 8 1 9 73811
1919 or earlier 403 54 52 30 27 75 67 40 19 16 5 17 70024
Median 1964 1971 1952 1960 1958 1962 1965 1967 1969 1964 1966 1963 90135

Rooms

1 room		 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 rooms 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 rooms 78 13 8 8 1 21 0 16 3 0 5 3 68461
4 rooms 516 154 36 37 43 92 55 59 10 17 3 9 57196
5 rooms 1539 264 157 129 127 304 243 182 80 17 26 10 66059
6 rooms 1867 147 141 153 178 354 338 316 126 55 31 27 77726
7 rooms 1029 53 31 66 87 175 183 249 105 46 9 26 91247
8 rooms 563 14 19 17 19 82 87 145 105 35 15 25 115074
9 rooms 230 6 8 1 4 18 23 69 43 25 12 20 139954
10 rooms or more 192 4 0 0 3 19 14 44 41 20 11 36 165848

Bedrooms

None		 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 70000
1 117 19 10 9 4 25 8 28 3 0 6 6 74190
2 1080 207 107 80 101 228 131 126 51 23 15 10 63889
3 3422 354 236 273 282 625 634 604 233 80 52 49 78122
4 or more 1392 76 48 49 75 182 170 322 227 112 38 92 114841

Complete Bathrooms

None		 36 12 2 0 4 6 6 4 1 0 0 2 60847
1 1953 306 229 212 208 371 219 252 77 24 30 25 61132
1 and one-half 1309 114 61 81 95 290 271 215 102 38 14 27 80969
2 or more 2715 224 108 117 155 397 447 610 334 153 67 103 95979

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 3809 380 235 243 272 741 621 646 342 155 77 98 81092
Steam or hot water system 643 48 27 36 46 89 92 142 71 46 20 26 96419
Electric heat pump 626 39 29 40 65 96 132 146 58 3 7 11 86610
Built-in electric units 115 13 7 6 0 34 18 30 7 0 0 0 78357
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 241 27 21 31 15 38 29 37 20 6 5 12 73981
Room heaters with flue 145 33 10 13 14 24 12 32 4 0 2 2 62708
Room heaters without flue 317 94 62 32 32 24 29 32 4 4 0 3 40686
Portable electric heaters 50 6 3 9 16 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 54271
Stoves 44 9 4 0 0 5 2 13 4 3 0 4 105617
Fireplaces with inserts 9 0 1 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 82970
Fireplaces without inserts 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 22281
Other 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 175000
Cooking stove 5 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 62593
None 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 5495 538 362 342 405 988 875 1020 499 206 109 151 82578
Well serving 1 to 5 units 512 117 39 66 53 75 68 60 15 9 2 7 56327
Drilled 379 62 35 60 46 50 49 49 14 7 2 2 56853
Dug 88 36 4 5 4 11 14 7 0 2 0 4 48249
Not reported 45 19 0 0 3 14 4 4 1 0 0 0 60284
Other 7 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 52919

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 4990 410 328 302 361 914 807 964 466 192 112 134 84463
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 1015 243 70 109 101 150 136 114 48 24 0 21 58440
Other 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 39181

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 6013 655 401 411 462 1064 943 1080 514 215 112 157 80302
Electricity 1649 184 101 116 157 305 319 308 106 20 17 16 77423
Piped gas 3415 280 237 241 233 595 509 633 331 168 76 113 84804
Bottled gas 386 113 35 29 34 61 41 35 23 7 1 7 54479
Fuel oil 405 31 16 17 27 85 48 83 50 16 15 18 90986
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 84 30 5 7 10 8 12 7 0 2 2 0 49489
Coal or coke 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15001
Wood 65 13 7 0 0 9 10 15 4 3 0 4 86032
Solar energy 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 90000
Other 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 58773

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 6002 655 397 411 462 1062 940 1080 513 215 109 157 80301
Electricity 2861 285 151 199 227 537 518 527 234 82 39 62 81213
Piped gas 2790 269 214 177 197 478 386 524 261 126 69 88 83097
Bottled gas 351 101 32 35 38 47 35 29 19 8 1 7 52126
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coal or coke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Persons

1 person		 1383 198 112 110 92 283 199 210 76 39 33 30 72606
2 persons 1622 177 106 100 127 319 249 280 138 59 31 39 78931
3 persons 1123 96 62 66 101 197 216 193 107 40 19 24 83603
4 persons 1036 121 70 65 66 137 157 222 102 37 21 38 87473
5 persons 534 30 37 25 46 89 92 118 51 30 4 12 88617
6 persons 166 21 11 20 9 22 15 36 16 11 1 4 79321
7 persons or more 149 11 3 24 21 16 16 22 25 0 2 10 79563

Household Composition by Age of
Householder

2-or-more-person households		 4631 457 288 301 370 781 744 870 438 176 78 127 83195
Married-couple families,
no nonrelatives		 2770 188 156 174 224 455 434 554 305 129 60 92 88685
Under 25 years 15 4 3 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 70624
25 to 29 years 91 7 3 5 5 20 26 19 4 2 0 0 84879
30 to 34 years 244 18 17 8 13 47 49 60 12 12 4 4 87925
35 to 44 years 753 57 49 22 56 117 115 169 81 38 18 30 93168
45 to 64 years 1223 54 64 114 103 189 191 217 161 56 32 42 89248
65 years and over 446 49 21 25 48 80 52 87 45 19 6 15 79964
Other male householder 426 59 32 20 23 105 62 72 32 10 5 6 75047
Under 45 years 194 20 12 8 13 49 28 33 18 3 3 6 77863
45 to 64 years 143 20 12 6 8 39 22 24 4 7 0 0 72649
65 years and over 88 18 8 6 2 17 12 15 10 0 1 0 72403
Other female householder 1435 210 100 107 123 221 248 244 102 38 13 29 76050
Under 45 years 577 101 25 50 39 87 130 92 32 9 7 3 76721
45 to 64 years 543 62 32 35 48 82 87 114 44 14 4 21 82757
65 years and over 314 48 43 21 35 51 30 38 25 14 2 6 63883
1-person households 1383 198 112 110 92 283 199 210 76 39 33 30 72606
Male householder 486 75 41 45 32 115 67 68 12 6 14 10 68797
Under 45 years 180 29 15 15 8 41 39 14 0 3 7 9 71198
45 to 64 years 178 25 8 16 16 37 13 44 8 3 6 2 72381
65 years and over 128 21 17 14 8 38 16 10 4 0 1 0 62647
Female householder 897 124 72 65 60 167 132 142 64 33 19 19 75232
Under 45 year 154 24 14 6 13 36 21 17 9 8 7 0 71828
45 to 64 years 365 47 18 39 25 61 55 56 27 19 8 9 77450
65 years and over 377 53 39 20 23 70 55 69 27 6 4 10 75011

Own Never Married Children Under
18 Years Old

No own children under 18 years		 3973 477 294 292 312 739 575 644 324 137 81 98 76558
With own children under 18 years 2040 178 107 119 150 325 368 436 190 78 30 59 87697
Under 6 years only 259 21 8 13 10 44 50 73 16 15 7 3 93281
1 178 16 8 9 5 26 39 50 7 9 7 3 92364
2 71 5 0 3 5 15 9 20 6 7 0 0 94504
3 or more 10 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 115797
6 to 17 years only 1379 128 60 80 106 225 260 277 140 47 15 40 86913
1 756 65 38 50 60 133 131 152 79 23 8 17 84954
2 448 43 8 16 39 75 92 91 50 10 6 18 89504
3 or more 175 20 15 15 7 17 36 33 11 14 1 5 87430
Both age groups 402 28 39 26 33 56 58 87 34 16 9 16 86440
2 218 19 24 12 14 16 34 67 9 8 8 6 93442
3 or more 184 9 14 14 19 40 24 20 25 8 1 10 77776

Income of Families and Primary
Individuals

Less than $5,000		 391 73 35 36 20 64 53 56 29 13 2 10 69784
$5,000 to $9,999 473 114 68 34 35 60 48 64 13 8 16 14 56071
$10,000 to $14,999 456 94 40 24 71 76 55 47 34 10 1 3 59749
$15,000 to $19,999 400 88 39 54 24 82 27 48 24 9 0 5 57943
$20,000 to $24,999 465 59 36 50 51 99 73 63 6 10 6 14 67627
$25,000 to $29,999 425 43 25 42 40 100 86 46 28 10 2 3 72514
$30,000 to $34,999 470 58 43 28 54 88 85 62 33 9 9 1 71832
$35,000 to $39,999 397 24 34 33 32 88 72 78 29 3 0 2 76832
$40,000 to $49,999 502 25 30 19 29 125 89 112 36 19 8 10 85076
$50,000 to $59,999 484 39 36 26 33 105 89 94 29 17 10 6 80566
$60,000 to $79,999 690 14 9 45 47 87 140 209 84 32 8 17 100991
$80,000 to $99,999 367 18 0 6 13 46 62 94 57 26 31 15 120918
$100,000 to $119,999 180 0 3 8 7 15 39 42 31 16 3 16 121670
$120,000 or more 314 8 4 5 7 27 25 64 82 33 18 43 161187
Median 34221 17639 22608 25884 28773 32854 38110 46612 59000 59660 67819 74538 170567

Monthly Housing Costs

Less than $100		 148 60 19 13 15 16 0 14 9 0 0 2 37397
$100 to $199 843 219 86 90 85 151 90 97 10 10 0 5 53037
$200 to $249 522 55 48 59 45 102 91 73 22 10 5 11 70425
$250 to $299 374 52 23 37 37 53 65 60 35 5 5 3 74578
$300 to $349 348 40 40 36 29 71 47 44 20 14 6 2 68203
$350 to $399 270 47 24 11 16 61 43 32 16 8 11 2 72561
$400 to $449 271 36 28 33 27 63 21 37 11 6 2 8 63965
$450 to $499 226 43 45 21 21 34 27 23 7 4 0 1 51875
$500 to $599 424 39 44 47 70 98 57 35 17 10 1 5 62368
$600 to $699 393 33 19 18 49 100 90 47 25 0 4 7 75401
$700 to $799 395 7 8 21 24 96 132 70 20 5 6 6 86339
$800 to $999 609 14 5 21 14 155 146 182 55 9 2 3 92918
$1,000 to $1,249 458 0 5 0 19 34 94 200 71 19 7 8 119006
$1,250 to $1,499 295 4 3 1 6 16 18 92 100 36 5 15 153693
$1,500 or more 437 5 3 2 5 14 22 74 96 79 56 79 198161
No cash rent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Median (excludes no cash rent) 501 244 329 308 407 473 634 810 1034 1302 2401 2504 237791

Median Monthly Housing Costs for
Owners

Monthly costs including all mortgages
plus maintenance costs		 538 272 350 347 424 512 667 824 1110 1311 5919 5740 274678
Monthly costs excluding second and
subsequent mortgages and maintenance
costs		 499 244 329 305 407 472 630 805 1016 1302 2401 2504 238397

Monthly Housing Costs as Percent of
Current Income@3

Less than 5 percent		 365 54 23 33 47 65 43 59 24 1 7 8 67692
5 to 9 percent 929 133 56 63 69 177 144 156 76 28 14 13 76202
10 to 14 percent 916 101 61 98 85 158 151 149 59 31 5 19 74326
15 to 19 percent 839 65 71 41 52 141 145 178 70 34 25 17 86805
20 to 24 percent 655 47 22 61 43 116 126 111 66 27 9 27 86102
25 to 29 percent 515 38 27 25 51 87 81 114 55 20 6 11 87334
30 to 34 percent 346 37 33 16 13 69 49 59 37 7 9 17 82010
35 to 39 percent 278 28 24 14 24 46 47 57 25 8 3 3 81407
40 to 49 percent 327 54 17 12 14 82 53 43 19 17 6 10 76428
50 to 59 percent 151 12 11 6 12 26 22 24 17 7 7 7 88203
60 to 69 percent 80 5 4 5 4 8 14 15 8 11 2 5 102270
70 to 99 percent 175 8 16 2 24 33 24 32 19 4 6 6 82415
100 percent or more@4 290 57 25 23 16 36 26 49 24 12 11 10 72874
Zero or negative income 146 15 11 12 7 19 17 34 15 8 0 6 89507
No cash rent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Median (excludes 2 previous lines) 19 17 19 16 18 19 19 19 22 22 22 24 100941
Median (excludes 3 lines before medians) 18 15 18 15 17 19 19 19 21 21 20 23 100580

Monthly Payment for Principal
and Interest

One or more regular mortgages		 3487 246 175 198 227 653 602 693 362 147 73 111 88134
Less than $100 159 33 11 16 10 29 28 21 2 4 2 2 66651
$100 to $199 267 45 34 31 26 62 35 18 13 0 0 3 58800
$200 to $249 176 44 19 12 11 39 25 16 2 1 1 5 60946
$250 to $299 251 54 33 47 21 49 25 14 6 0 2 0 48180
$300 to $349 194 19 31 22 26 51 20 14 8 3 0 0 59473
$350 to $399 219 25 25 27 35 57 35 10 1 3 0 0 59103
$400 to $449 232 3 10 9 46 62 44 37 21 0 0 0 75656
$450 to $499 235 8 2 7 23 68 75 40 9 0 3 0 82446
$500 to $599 365 5 2 10 8 121 120 76 15 6 0 2 86043
$600 to $699 329 3 0 13 4 64 87 109 36 6 4 4 98633
$700 to $799 239 3 0 3 12 15 58 110 28 7 0 3 112750
$800 to $999 326 3 1 0 4 19 22 152 84 19 7 15 137430
$1,000 to $1,249 243 0 6 0 0 9 17 39 94 50 20 8 176542
$1,250 to $1,499 87 0 0 0 0 5 3 15 25 16 9 14 190738
$1,500 or more 166 1 0 0 0 2 8 23 17 34 25 56 246390
Median 503 251 286 292 377 431 512 692 894 1126 1219 1499 202427

Average Monthly Cost Paid for
Real Estate Taxes

Less than $25		 1604 478 190 155 133 259 139 156 43 30 8 15 48709
$25 to $49 1138 99 136 129 139 286 161 118 45 8 5 12 64646
$50 to $74 850 41 34 68 84 204 195 151 43 17 7 6 79346
$75 to $99 594 10 11 24 62 131 175 111 44 16 9 1 86769
$100 to $149 750 11 13 21 25 103 151 238 119 45 4 20 110572
$150 to $199 364 5 8 1 3 41 57 107 90 25 19 7 131137
$200 or more 713 11 8 14 17 38 65 198 130 75 60 96 151833
Median 58 17 27 35 43 49 72 101 135 142 7213 18155 498987

Purchase Price

Home purchased or built		 5563 579 377 367 430 1004 874 1002 483 206 100 142 80565
Less than $10,000 429 140 84 23 45 60 20 36 8 8 0 5 38801
$10,000 to $19,999 765 153 82 90 82 164 70 72 35 7 5 5 57059
$20,000 to $29,999 558 86 98 56 36 102 61 64 29 11 5 10 60550
$30,000 to $39,999 474 52 70 75 47 96 58 32 21 13 2 7 58400
$40,000 to $49,999 372 7 8 60 61 96 74 39 15 8 4 2 70544
$50,000 to $59,999 402 18 2 18 53 128 95 69 15 0 0 2 77073
$60,000 to $69,999 305 1 0 0 15 132 73 60 13 5 3 5 81467
$70,000 to $79,999 327 3 0 3 4 67 141 79 15 14 2 0 92349
$80,000 to $99,999 424 12 0 1 20 25 146 173 36 8 1 2 102364
$100,000 to $119,999 173 5 0 0 0 5 6 129 17 6 0 5 127388
$120,000 to $149,999 268 0 6 0 0 8 1 115 110 19 1 8 152016
$150,000 to $199,999 203 1 0 0 0 1 7 16 101 41 20 16 188128
$200,000 to $249,999 74 0 0 0 0 3 1 8 3 29 25 5 239002
$250,000 to $299,999 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 14 21 287787
$300,000 or more 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 31 634642
Not reported 706 101 27 40 66 119 123 107 64 27 17 16 80020
Median 45442 16445 20932 28969 33898 42174 59849 79307 121664 137271 195918 182240 220433
Received as inheritance or gift 318 68 22 26 25 48 48 44 17 0 7 13 67327
Not reported 133 8 1 18 8 12 21 34 14 10 4 3 99142
@14For mobile homes, oldest category is 1939 or earlier.
@3Beginning with 1989 this item uses current income in its calculation, see Appendix A.
@4May reflect a temporary situation, living off savings, or response error.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: February 18, 2005