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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001

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1980 Weighting--American Housing Survey 2001
Table 3-22. Value by Selected Characteristics--Owner Occupied Units
[Numbers in thousands.]
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		 72365 4848 1824 2355 2883 8061 8499 15619 10170 5750 3764 8592 124692

Units in Structure

1, detached		 59306 1329 1146 1688 2162 6606 7346 13601 9058 5132 3432 7805 134463
1, attached 3731 123 97 113 151 452 441 880 542 331 191 410 127731
2 to 4 1292 96 38 54 88 196 118 303 127 106 59 107 109260
5 to 9 500 25 0 11 27 58 104 96 66 27 33 53 112651
10 to 19 500 8 15 12 27 86 57 136 64 32 22 41 116632
20 to 49 390 14 7 18 23 70 52 64 45 39 5 54 108877
50 or more 617 19 5 14 40 61 65 105 108 55 22 123 149863
Manufactured/mobile home or trailer 6028 3234 516 445 363 531 316 434 161 28 0 0 30000-

Year Structure Built@14

2000 to 2004		 2087 143 58 34 25 131 99 380 411 264 197 344 171116
1995 to 1999 6398 481 182 174 180 439 454 1242 1064 679 497 1005 152188
1990 to 1994 5199 474 85 106 119 288 419 1135 911 593 349 721 148839
1985 to 1989 5339 410 88 155 119 271 510 1209 888 469 374 846 146182
1980 to 1984 4387 477 92 76 152 435 481 1060 632 339 195 447 122640
1975 to 1979 7445 617 111 151 213 697 904 1952 1122 589 351 740 126411
1970 to 1974 6421 644 139 141 214 714 770 1530 863 485 249 672 119231
1960 to 1969 9760 413 183 265 398 1211 1349 2337 1311 755 454 1085 122731
1950 to 1959 9079 318 172 353 435 1327 1312 1996 1168 614 437 946 115594
1940 to 1949 4774 244 206 236 285 832 644 835 529 277 179 506 98113
1930 to 1939 3403 174 162 221 225 527 449 537 366 207 147 389 97526
1920 to 1929 2864 164 100 156 190 451 351 509 293 162 141 345 101881
1919 or earlier 5209 291 246 287 328 737 757 896 612 316 195 544 98889
Median 1970 1976 1961 1957 1959 1961 1965 1972 1974 1975 1976 1973 ...

Rooms

1 room		 16 0 3 0 0 4 2 3 0 0 0 3 84915
2 rooms 87 22 3 3 11 26 3 11 2 2 3 2 63757
3 rooms 1037 259 60 54 81 154 121 140 66 36 14 51 68362
4 rooms 7177 1673 346 411 535 1096 799 1075 520 281 172 270 71393
5 rooms 17209 1813 700 872 929 2736 2537 3794 1739 827 433 830 92255
6 rooms 19232 747 472 653 778 2395 2879 4764 2852 1386 806 1499 117748
7 rooms 12853 225 162 271 366 1039 1350 3299 2356 1301 820 1663 145669
8 rooms 7744 48 51 52 114 372 459 1534 1578 994 750 1791 189332
9 rooms 3617 14 13 14 38 120 191 536 589 522 395 1184 228029
10 rooms or more 3394 47 13 26 31 118 157 463 469 400 372 1298 246605

Bedrooms

None		 45 2 6 0 0 14 7 8 2 0 3 3 81511
1 1812 380 76 101 165 270 192 263 129 84 31 122 73668
2 14732 2204 708 820 1032 2279 1735 2501 1403 786 467 797 83717
3 37873 2031 848 1182 1318 4542 5308 9471 5595 2860 1612 3106 119572
4 or more 17902 230 186 252 368 956 1257 3377 3042 2019 1651 4564 188220

Complete Bathrooms

None		 290 79 16 11 24 46 36 35 20 10 7 7 66738
1 18416 2286 958 1259 1409 3393 2579 3231 1559 686 392 666 79434
1 1/2 13090 595 241 350 579 1877 2104 3339 1840 910 484 769 111947
2 or more 40570 1888 609 734 872 2745 3780 9013 6752 4145 2881 7150 154761

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 47948 3275 1124 1465 1914 5511 5761 10442 6590 3696 2454 5716 123578
Steam or hot water system 7814 165 126 162 204 673 751 1497 1328 882 567 1459 162368
Electric heat pump 8120 472 135 238 251 850 1012 2156 1270 651 385 701 125562
Built-in electric units 2383 94 54 45 138 289 376 633 329 183 92 152 115481
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 2371 190 115 142 136 237 213 329 341 178 168 322 123178
Room heaters with flue 858 130 68 76 84 121 99 136 63 31 13 36 71706
Room heaters without flue 1012 284 95 133 67 131 74 116 47 23 8 34 49530
Portable electric heaters 388 86 37 37 34 60 49 30 26 2 6 21 59852
Stoves 912 114 47 31 33 133 107 186 117 53 33 58 98265
Fireplaces with inserts 120 2 5 2 3 17 14 28 25 8 7 10 130922
Fireplaces without inserts 49 4 2 0 0 2 8 10 5 8 0 9 137580
Other 162 12 13 16 10 17 19 24 12 15 9 16 94040
Cooking stove 76 11 2 8 0 10 8 12 2 8 8 7 97733
None 151 9 0 0 9 11 5 19 17 13 15 52 220080

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 60247 3736 1467 1950 2331 6736 7146 13134 8439 4743 3260 7304 125722
Well serving 1 to 5 units 11747 1057 354 391 539 1268 1302 2404 1688 995 489 1260 120021
Drilled 10497 922 316 359 447 1111 1125 2129 1557 914 460 1157 122760
Dug 893 104 33 18 64 112 116 200 93 54 20 81 100137
Not reported 357 31 6 14 29 45 61 76 38 27 9 22 97724
Other 371 55 3 13 12 57 51 81 43 12 15 28 97595

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 52612 2788 1245 1666 2015 5819 6305 11535 7510 4237 2890 6602 128034
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 19710 2048 579 687 865 2231 2189 4073 2660 1514 874 1990 115422
Other 44 12 0 2 2 11 5 11 0 0 0 0 69751

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 72214 4839 1824 2355 2873 8050 8493 15600 10154 5737 3749 8540 124591
Electricity 18912 1680 553 618 863 2195 2428 4459 2631 1258 751 1477 112553
Piped gas 39344 1754 846 1259 1453 4244 4471 8449 5698 3398 2343 5430 133405
Bottled gas 5105 872 203 191 262 661 590 866 532 332 185 412 92334
Fuel oil 6778 229 122 189 194 688 773 1414 1042 627 403 1097 142219
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 455 149 33 39 30 58 32 65 26 16 0 8 52325
Coal or coke 111 9 3 5 7 14 22 24 9 12 0 5 96103
Wood 1401 138 63 53 60 187 174 301 196 72 52 105 104126
Solar energy 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 7 2 251471
Other 90 8 0 3 4 2 2 23 13 21 8 5 159099

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 72249 4838 1822 2350 2878 8043 8481 15601 10161 5739 3760 8576 124718
Electricity 43970 2383 932 1252 1632 4953 5634 10611 6597 3395 2078 4503 124495
Piped gas 24012 1502 670 925 1025 2628 2392 4336 3135 2090 1554 3755 133028
Bottled gas 4214 947 217 173 217 452 452 642 424 250 128 313 84482
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 122538
Coal or coke 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 125000
Wood 24 6 0 0 3 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 67313
Other 18 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 6 2 0 4 176548

Persons

1 person		 15425 1666 553 588 905 2159 2025 3243 1748 834 529 1177 98202
2 persons 25477 1554 599 881 972 2836 3038 5645 3615 2059 1268 3011 125327
3 persons 11983 716 257 374 441 1302 1447 2628 1683 1014 668 1455 127687
4 persons 11781 554 231 302 274 1030 1241 2513 1946 1148 790 1753 144952
5 persons 5071 237 96 133 197 467 497 1093 737 495 325 793 141501
6 persons 1641 75 61 55 61 137 137 313 269 141 123 268 147005
7 persons or more 986 46 28 23 33 130 114 184 173 60 61 135 132488

Household Composition by Age of
Householder

2-or-more-person households		 56940 3182 1272 1767 1978 5902 6474 12376 8422 4917 3235 7415 131897
Married-couple families,
no nonrelatives		 44681 2056 829 1268 1407 4217 4843 9784 6917 4213 2801 6347 139459
Under 25 years 492 61 8 19 33 71 73 93 56 32 15 30 94456
25 to 29 years 2040 198 79 49 79 238 272 524 295 122 70 115 110059
30 to 34 years 3749 165 68 65 137 327 428 947 591 359 262 400 136146
35 to 44 years 11192 561 137 266 252 918 1124 2462 1844 1136 801 1690 147471
45 to 64 years 18709 660 339 510 536 1590 1972 4004 2940 1859 1194 3104 146789
65 years and over 8498 410 197 359 370 1072 974 1754 1191 704 458 1009 124731
Other male householder 4416 425 134 181 176 540 524 958 583 264 168 462 111896
Under 45 years 2375 241 66 108 97 319 268 560 285 137 88 205 107743
45 to 64 years 1505 126 55 49 50 170 192 296 199 101 65 203 118891
65 years and over 536 58 13 24 29 51 63 102 100 26 15 54 114389
Other female householder 7843 701 309 318 395 1145 1107 1634 922 440 266 606 99021
Under 45 years 3296 365 142 146 159 499 552 645 353 156 85 196 92243
45 to 64 years 2931 236 83 106 134 388 381 636 364 209 120 275 110848
65 years and over 1616 101 83 66 103 259 175 353 204 76 62 135 103079
1-person households 15425 1666 553 588 905 2159 2025 3243 1748 834 529 1177 98202
Male householder 5967 802 206 200 272 787 723 1222 634 353 242 525 99805
Under 45 years 2235 350 54 71 91 245 281 506 225 124 82 207 102612
45 to 64 years 2108 243 93 63 97 315 249 405 226 132 110 175 99516
65 years and over 1624 210 60 66 84 227 193 311 183 97 51 143 97161
Female householder 9459 864 346 387 633 1372 1302 2021 1114 481 286 652 97312
Under 45 year 1296 86 9 44 54 194 182 366 149 78 43 91 110792
45 to 64 years 2894 250 104 105 149 403 393 622 375 147 105 241 103470
65 years and over 5269 528 233 239 431 775 726 1034 590 255 138 321 91820

Own Never Married Children Under
18 Years Old

No own children under 18 years		 48636 3538 1341 1725 2191 5723 5885 10502 6602 3609 2253 5268 118637
With own children under 18 years 23729 1310 483 630 692 2338 2613 5117 3569 2142 1512 3325 137119
Under 6 years only 4548 283 63 77 133 465 529 994 680 406 297 621 136437
1 2747 174 53 54 96 318 352 626 383 222 160 309 126062
2 1564 109 10 17 30 124 164 323 259 159 119 250 150938
3 or more 236 0 0 6 6 23 13 44 39 24 19 62 182701
6 to 17 years only 14871 770 324 430 463 1493 1693 3157 2229 1355 917 2040 135828
1 7170 378 161 231 238 842 823 1567 1023 598 431 876 129073
2 5679 291 121 153 142 489 622 1159 901 586 349 867 144106
3 or more 2022 100 42 45 83 162 249 431 304 170 137 297 138126
Both age groups 4311 258 96 123 97 380 390 966 660 381 298 663 142043
2 2146 129 34 64 56 177 209 499 327 168 169 314 140490
3 or more 2165 128 62 59 41 203 182 467 333 213 128 349 143703

Income of Families and Primary
Individuals

Less than $5,000		 3303 366 123 117 166 408 448 598 395 217 135 332 102089
$5,000 to $9,999 2782 612 180 147 217 419 300 422 178 113 40 152 71180
$10,000 to $14,999 3791 563 224 221 333 622 470 652 324 148 62 171 77810
$15,000 to $19,999 3853 562 175 260 290 694 536 658 310 127 87 155 78420
$20,000 to $24,999 4052 581 169 214 253 688 588 734 382 165 95 181 84070
$25,000 to $29,999 4317 424 179 268 246 719 679 832 480 172 127 191 89519
$30,000 to $34,999 4439 356 206 222 242 671 664 937 479 250 171 242 95750
$35,000 to $39,999 3536 242 94 126 159 548 505 899 441 239 96 187 105235
$40,000 to $49,999 6707 410 195 250 269 896 1022 1775 856 421 228 385 108778
$50,000 to $59,999 6245 301 110 195 241 733 1012 1677 920 384 266 405 115804
$60,000 to $79,999 10117 259 89 176 240 835 1252 2798 1897 1001 582 988 139436
$80,000 to $99,999 6679 66 45 89 103 447 547 1767 1373 797 558 886 160004
$100,000 to $119,999 4139 35 15 38 29 219 218 868 810 580 431 897 190050
$120,000 or more 8405 71 21 31 95 162 258 1000 1324 1137 885 3421 255871
Median 49109 22751 26171 29058 28708 33581 40592 51794 63364 72798 79743 100496 ...

Monthly Housing Costs

Less than $100		 998 414 81 57 90 138 77 85 18 12 3 22 40687
$100 to $199 6060 1193 412 483 535 1068 839 885 353 108 85 99 67625
$200 to $249 4453 514 256 235 302 769 686 930 418 151 67 124 84357
$250 to $299 4148 341 150 159 195 683 772 971 455 199 98 125 94142
$300 to $349 3749 381 81 95 191 521 505 918 532 209 126 189 105475
$350 to $399 3104 299 131 155 152 299 385 699 440 267 117 161 109432
$400 to $449 2573 344 100 133 120 297 200 478 411 214 101 176 109735
$450 to $499 2575 265 102 134 189 356 245 413 372 172 135 193 99788
$500 to $599 4870 416 174 362 372 892 544 689 512 289 205 413 88021
$600 to $699 4257 268 108 194 213 864 727 827 373 220 150 312 93224
$700 to $799 4111 131 58 115 213 689 932 1014 397 144 115 302 98205
$800 to $999 7792 132 97 153 199 915 1533 2706 1024 386 210 436 116003
$1,000 to $1,249 7231 59 29 50 52 305 668 2910 1630 729 284 515 142121
$1,250 to $1,499 5258 20 22 8 23 130 215 1326 1619 864 450 582 177363
$1,500 or more 11187 71 22 22 36 134 170 768 1617 1786 1618 4943 279893
No cash rent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Median (excludes no cash rent) 685 294 307 397 392 485 599 790 957 1172 1353 1500+ ...

Median Monthly Housing Costs for
Owners

Monthly costs including all mortgages
plus maintenance costs		 724 315 344 421 421 513 627 820 1007 1227 1396 1500+ ...
Monthly costs excluding second and
subsequent mortgages and maintenance
costs		 669 294 305 395 389 479 586 763 920 1136 1319 1500+ ...

Monthly Housing Costs as Percent of
Current Income@3

Less than 5 percent		 4915 468 161 167 218 514 509 1001 706 371 224 576 120987
5 to 9 percent 11153 848 313 426 527 1382 1426 2313 1518 799 502 1099 114147
10 to 14 percent 12310 912 296 474 500 1420 1561 2758 1611 935 578 1267 117993
15 to 19 percent 10907 593 227 311 440 1222 1245 2575 1615 909 566 1205 127479
20 to 24 percent 8562 420 204 261 245 849 1040 1949 1428 630 511 1025 132352
25 to 29 percent 5951 339 147 155 219 635 631 1275 833 527 416 773 133297
30 to 34 percent 4181 196 90 116 123 460 560 894 598 373 249 522 130523
35 to 39 percent 2733 164 55 74 103 305 300 595 360 253 132 392 130689
40 to 49 percent 3176 235 66 90 119 344 313 702 486 263 156 402 129920
50 to 59 percent 1868 122 87 54 65 187 220 364 241 159 102 267 127272
60 to 69 percent 1058 71 32 47 55 123 98 175 120 91 54 192 129567
70 to 99 percent 1444 116 43 47 82 158 136 276 150 135 68 233 125386
100 percent or more@4 2546 205 58 81 104 252 251 444 343 183 133 493 136319
Zero or negative income 1562 157 44 54 83 209 207 298 163 124 74 147 104201
No cash rent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Median (excludes 2 previous lines) 18.2 15.9 17.6 16.3 16.7 17.4 17.6 18.0 18.6 18.8 19.7 20.3 ...
Median (excludes 3 lines before medians) 17.6 15.1 16.9 15.7 16.1 16.9 17.1 17.6 18.0 18.3 19.1 19.2 ...

Monthly Payment for Principal
and Interest

One or more regular mortgages		 43431 1646 754 1164 1381 4377 4944 9969 6638 3912 2619 6027 137360
Less than $100 955 191 29 46 42 126 100 152 90 51 49 78 88525
$100 to $199 1600 317 121 126 126 289 207 189 131 38 14 41 67603
$200 to $249 1415 257 104 107 121 242 178 206 100 36 19 43 69715
$250 to $299 1681 211 148 175 173 307 198 256 111 30 22 50 68658
$300 to $349 1991 190 116 194 193 431 306 299 115 61 34 53 74062
$350 to $399 2093 146 57 142 186 527 353 357 182 59 28 56 79553
$400 to $449 2202 61 63 94 150 536 428 489 194 68 47 72 89187
$450 to $499 2066 44 17 72 110 448 472 529 206 64 47 55 94466
$500 to $599 4566 61 33 91 116 685 1116 1445 544 257 89 128 106273
$600 to $699 4097 68 13 54 77 366 701 1598 661 235 134 189 124054
$700 to $799 3404 19 17 20 30 146 379 1475 688 322 141 167 136981
$800 to $999 5364 24 5 29 22 135 315 1818 1486 680 348 502 161219
$1,000 to $1,249 4807 14 17 3 21 47 99 799 1373 992 621 821 201506
$1,250 to $1,499 2714 15 0 0 4 29 41 182 529 601 497 816 246334
$1,500 or more 4476 27 12 11 10 62 50 174 226 418 529 2956 300000+
Median 676 263 291 332 359 424 520 666 839 1013 1135 1482 ...

Average Monthly Cost Paid for
Real Estate Taxes

Less than $25		 10486 3132 814 808 807 1525 1078 1248 470 227 101 277 56073
$25 to $49 9286 943 565 736 766 1893 1479 1627 651 275 150 202 77257
$50 to $74 9335 338 194 432 620 1702 1827 2372 939 370 215 325 95115
$75 to $99 7120 156 93 126 238 993 1218 2263 1078 402 251 302 116268
$100 to $149 12086 97 69 132 244 1119 1571 3980 2504 1100 556 714 135310
$150 to $199 7978 56 29 48 100 404 708 1942 1878 1183 687 944 168690
$200 or more 16073 126 60 73 108 424 617 2187 2650 2194 1804 5828 240793
Median 99 25- 29 37 45 58 73 103 138 171 194 200+ ...

Purchase Price

Home purchased or built		 68755 4364 1692 2168 2629 7606 8065 14937 9844 5565 3630 8254 126286
Less than $10,000 4125 1223 303 284 296 532 468 467 254 122 57 118 58535
$10,000 to $19,999 6349 1248 252 351 374 985 861 1151 556 233 140 198 79268
$20,000 to $29,999 5249 820 380 324 289 731 642 925 526 216 119 275 82504
$30,000 to $39,999 4780 323 414 449 377 838 654 762 410 190 127 235 79720
$40,000 to $49,999 4217 143 91 365 413 909 644 756 387 199 97 213 85809
$50,000 to $59,999 3922 67 36 52 368 1131 705 843 377 106 49 189 88737
$60,000 to $69,999 3792 47 20 38 113 927 926 976 327 161 75 181 96222
$70,000 to $79,999 3521 33 3 53 33 424 988 1127 436 171 96 157 110073
$80,000 to $99,999 6134 45 24 21 36 145 1210 2875 984 334 189 270 127573
$100,000 to $119,999 4218 21 9 14 21 105 94 2191 1052 306 148 258 142128
$120,000 to $149,999 5425 45 10 13 11 59 95 1488 2178 751 337 439 172768
$150,000 to $199,999 5592 33 7 5 17 59 66 167 1744 1754 848 890 219851
$200,000 to $249,999 2684 21 10 10 9 28 38 65 52 633 760 1059 281405
$250,000 to $299,999 1467 3 0 3 4 17 18 24 8 33 361 996 300000+
$300,000 or more 2553 20 5 3 3 18 29 64 40 38 30 2303 300000+
Not reported 4728 271 128 183 266 698 627 1055 512 316 197 473 108958
Median 68893 16600 25982 30722 35880 44045 56379 79410 107763 143363 166637 222089 ...
Received as inheritance or gift 2491 418 115 153 175 315 259 430 232 106 80 208 85320
Not reported 1119 66 17 33 79 139 175 252 95 79 54 130 109980
@14For manufactured/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.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Housing Survey Branch
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Last Revised: August 12, 2008