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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 6-22. Value by Selected Characteristics--Owner Occupied Units With Hispanic Householder
Numbers in thousands. Weighting consistent with the 2000 Census.

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		 5106 348 129 149 206 472 496 954 655 483 376 839 139483

Units in Structure

1, detached		 4227 144 92 133 181 378 419 819 571 395 337 759 146840
1, attached 237 10 4 4 5 18 37 28 36 35 16 44 167620
2 to 4 178 12 4 5 3 30 11 36 26 24 11 17 134195
5 to 9 41 0 0 0 2 0 3 19 0 12 2 2 139998
10 to 19 45 2 3 0 3 4 12 9 10 2 0 1 98515
20 to 49 52 1 0 0 2 8 10 7 9 5 3 7 132219
50 or more 51 4 2 1 0 6 2 13 3 8 7 6 140562
Manufactured/mobile home or trailer 274 175 25 5 11 28 3 23 1 2 0 2 30000-

Year Structure Built@14

2000 to 2004		 333 6 2 2 4 22 22 74 51 47 29 75 184171
1995 to 1999 357 21 12 8 12 22 33 63 49 51 29 56 156935
1990 to 1994 302 25 3 2 5 16 24 65 39 32 16 76 163527
1985 to 1989 302 8 19 3 11 24 42 52 52 24 20 48 142634
1980 to 1984 273 40 5 10 8 41 22 47 34 26 11 29 110788
1975 to 1979 468 38 3 5 20 42 41 108 61 43 28 79 139284
1970 to 1974 422 64 12 7 15 36 43 94 40 29 22 59 117965
1960 to 1969 623 33 14 14 21 67 64 127 81 66 50 86 138983
1950 to 1959 827 33 32 28 60 74 73 120 110 72 81 144 146964
1940 to 1949 517 30 21 23 34 57 54 84 58 48 46 63 124026
1930 to 1939 272 26 2 32 7 25 38 30 27 22 18 45 110065
1920 to 1929 183 13 2 5 5 17 12 39 19 11 20 40 148454
1919 or earlier 228 11 3 11 4 28 27 51 36 13 8 37 129891
Median 1968 1972 1963 1951 1958 1965 1966 1971 1969 1971 1963 1970 ...

Rooms

1 room		 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 225000
2 rooms 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
3 rooms 95 15 5 0 3 11 8 18 14 5 7 8 112131
4 rooms 628 100 24 21 26 63 71 118 62 37 38 67 103649
5 rooms 1463 164 58 67 78 161 147 289 154 110 87 146 109525
6 rooms 1433 51 34 30 57 168 186 280 205 129 112 180 133972
7 rooms 754 9 6 23 33 41 58 161 113 96 55 159 170570
8 rooms 387 6 0 8 5 14 7 62 56 61 45 125 229992
9 rooms 145 2 0 0 0 2 6 10 26 23 21 54 256901
10 rooms or more 200 0 2 0 3 12 12 17 23 17 11 101 300000+

Bedrooms

None		 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 225000
1 137 15 5 0 5 17 20 21 15 13 12 12 111739
2 1089 143 59 44 63 114 110 188 114 85 57 111 102848
3 2664 170 60 72 112 291 275 568 353 233 193 338 131073
4 or more 1214 19 5 32 26 50 91 178 172 149 114 378 211343

Complete Bathrooms

None		 24 3 5 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 54176
1 1598 217 92 86 102 192 171 284 165 87 91 112 92918
1 1/2 741 52 8 11 27 96 87 121 94 91 65 90 137241
2 or more 2744 75 25 51 72 180 238 549 396 305 218 635 173007

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 3055 177 37 80 108 298 330 610 431 267 196 521 140768
Steam or hot water system 343 9 8 3 4 27 19 54 35 53 38 93 211645
Electric heat pump 614 17 10 3 23 54 79 141 82 71 51 82 142698
Built-in electric units 90 3 5 2 5 6 6 21 14 9 10 11 146503
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 506 58 20 14 16 31 28 60 50 59 61 109 175378
Room heaters with flue 73 4 0 5 4 9 8 17 7 5 7 5 114295
Room heaters without flue 174 47 22 28 26 20 8 11 5 1 0 5 46553
Portable electric heaters 106 24 11 6 14 4 5 11 9 13 3 5 58514
Stoves 47 7 0 2 3 10 7 7 11 0 0 0 85886
Fireplaces with inserts 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 212805
Fireplaces without inserts 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 133714
Other 21 0 0 3 0 3 0 4 3 0 7 1 167135
Cooking stove 27 2 11 0 2 0 5 4 1 0 1 0 50544
None 42 0 5 3 0 10 0 10 4 2 0 7 110482

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 4828 301 127 145 199 450 484 900 615 454 362 792 139327
Well serving 1 to 5 units 273 47 2 4 6 22 12 54 41 28 13 45 140152
Drilled 230 47 2 4 5 15 12 40 37 22 10 37 137998
Dug 21 0 0 0 1 7 0 6 0 6 0 0 113471
Not reported 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 0 3 8 194592
Other 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 281831

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 4548 255 113 136 188 410 460 846 581 430 346 782 142023
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 559 93 16 13 18 62 36 108 74 53 30 57 119570
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 5065 348 124 146 206 462 496 944 651 481 376 832 139784
Electricity 1543 101 47 30 76 167 197 336 190 152 103 142 122776
Piped gas 3102 176 66 101 119 256 272 552 414 293 240 613 151124
Bottled gas 206 52 5 9 5 19 12 26 17 18 11 31 100429
Fuel oil 144 10 3 3 3 10 8 19 15 16 16 42 205997
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 32543
Coal or coke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Wood 59 7 0 2 3 10 7 12 14 0 1 3 104510
Solar energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Other 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 282729

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 5105 348 129 149 206 472 496 954 655 483 376 837 139435
Electricity 2074 101 38 29 63 208 231 493 296 202 142 271 137210
Piped gas 2822 188 75 115 134 241 249 438 348 263 226 546 146791
Bottled gas 199 57 16 5 7 18 16 22 11 18 8 20 74845
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Coal or coke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Wood 10 1 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 67309
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-

Persons

1 person		 641 55 24 21 53 78 61 121 76 47 30 76 112303
2 persons 1140 76 24 22 52 107 120 234 165 111 62 167 136139
3 persons 974 79 20 34 22 93 140 163 115 83 62 164 130664
4 persons 1042 62 27 24 26 66 70 196 133 126 105 206 168544
5 persons 729 35 14 28 30 70 61 136 98 62 65 131 146774
6 persons 313 15 15 9 16 33 24 55 45 25 28 47 138803
7 persons or more 268 26 5 12 6 25 20 49 23 29 25 47 140209

Household Composition by Age of
Householder

2-or-more-person households		 4465 293 105 128 153 394 436 833 580 436 346 762 143444
Married-couple families,
no nonrelatives		 3367 203 84 99 102 301 276 630 435 342 283 612 149078
Under 25 years 45 2 2 0 2 9 4 10 8 2 0 4 110611
25 to 29 years 224 23 2 4 13 10 33 46 24 22 23 25 129574
30 to 34 years 455 20 17 4 20 46 39 76 70 36 47 81 153924
35 to 44 years 1063 52 32 23 24 83 85 202 137 112 90 224 161283
45 to 64 years 1214 84 25 39 31 112 90 231 147 134 105 215 148566
65 years and over 365 21 5 29 12 41 25 64 51 36 18 63 138665
Other male householder 409 30 14 11 23 27 45 67 63 43 24 64 142559
Under 45 years 225 18 7 11 3 13 23 44 34 20 19 34 142967
45 to 64 years 143 12 6 0 15 13 15 6 24 21 6 26 160479
65 years and over 41 0 0 0 5 0 7 17 6 2 0 4 124530
Other female householder 689 61 8 18 28 67 115 136 81 51 39 86 117771
Under 45 years 308 34 3 5 7 35 51 60 32 28 18 35 115861
45 to 64 years 263 22 5 11 11 20 49 49 36 14 13 32 113234
65 years and over 118 5 0 2 10 11 15 26 13 9 8 20 130755
1-person households 641 55 24 21 53 78 61 121 76 47 30 76 112303
Male householder 296 22 6 7 23 26 38 54 35 28 14 44 124555
Under 45 years 110 4 3 0 15 19 20 14 16 3 2 15 94005
45 to 64 years 114 12 4 0 4 7 12 20 16 13 6 20 145459
65 years and over 73 6 0 7 4 0 6 20 3 13 6 9 135082
Female householder 345 32 18 14 30 52 23 67 40 19 16 33 102506
Under 45 year 59 5 0 0 2 7 7 14 12 5 6 1 130773
45 to 64 years 124 3 9 5 11 26 7 18 15 5 7 18 101395
65 years and over 162 24 9 9 18 19 9 35 14 8 4 14 87094

Own Never Married Children Under
18 Years Old

No own children under 18 years		 2581 182 62 93 131 239 255 489 335 233 180 381 133527
With own children under 18 years 2526 165 67 56 75 233 241 465 320 249 196 458 145745
Under 6 years only 420 35 7 6 12 38 43 68 59 37 35 80 150773
1 244 16 5 2 4 32 34 34 38 20 13 46 142203
2 152 14 2 3 8 6 9 28 17 15 19 31 166851
3 or more 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 2 4 3 155298
6 to 17 years only 1527 89 50 42 40 140 135 299 201 161 99 269 144586
1 674 33 19 20 22 68 77 119 85 76 36 120 141640
2 546 45 17 6 11 46 33 108 74 59 43 105 154807
3 or more 307 11 15 16 7 26 26 72 43 26 21 45 136395
Both age groups 579 41 10 8 24 55 62 98 60 52 61 108 145854
2 229 22 4 3 5 13 14 48 20 26 31 43 161883
3 or more 350 19 6 6 18 42 48 49 40 26 31 65 137145

Income of Families and Primary
Individuals

Less than $5,000		 177 28 6 0 15 14 34 31 13 9 6 20 94461
$5,000 to $9,999 136 35 6 6 10 12 14 24 6 7 10 6 77715
$10,000 to $14,999 260 36 15 15 17 27 27 44 21 13 18 25 94638
$15,000 to $19,999 293 45 14 22 24 26 28 46 27 21 7 33 90744
$20,000 to $24,999 341 48 21 17 16 50 50 69 25 17 12 17 87607
$25,000 to $29,999 384 23 10 23 23 62 43 89 51 25 8 28 105032
$30,000 to $34,999 324 22 9 9 13 36 41 81 44 21 16 31 120025
$35,000 to $39,999 346 18 18 7 9 47 56 73 58 26 15 20 112729
$40,000 to $49,999 536 20 10 16 28 49 76 115 87 48 34 55 130596
$50,000 to $59,999 474 25 10 12 20 38 54 108 64 56 34 53 136375
$60,000 to $79,999 752 30 7 14 16 73 46 128 112 108 80 138 177819
$80,000 to $99,999 423 8 4 5 11 23 16 78 73 60 37 107 195056
$100,000 to $119,999 240 4 0 2 2 7 7 43 36 26 34 79 235060
$120,000 or more 419 5 0 2 2 7 6 26 38 44 64 226 300000+
Median 45436 23050 26367 28183 29581 35767 36100 41785 49533 59317 66738 78920 ...

Monthly Housing Costs

Less than $100		 92 39 7 8 10 11 3 10 2 0 0 2 39818
$100 to $199 385 85 43 47 34 30 33 60 20 9 13 13 55377
$200 to $249 244 15 5 19 20 44 28 45 37 4 3 25 93351
$250 to $299 217 19 11 11 7 24 24 49 22 15 16 20 112631
$300 to $349 218 27 7 2 22 36 23 30 26 11 13 23 94068
$350 to $399 175 42 2 7 0 25 27 17 19 16 6 14 88116
$400 to $449 158 8 2 13 9 18 20 33 21 14 5 14 113203
$450 to $499 112 17 7 3 7 13 12 22 12 8 5 5 94732
$500 to $599 290 22 18 16 27 52 40 37 18 15 13 32 85002
$600 to $699 297 18 16 10 23 51 66 56 21 9 14 14 89660
$700 to $799 312 6 0 5 8 58 43 121 19 10 14 29 114991
$800 to $999 601 19 8 4 27 66 125 176 76 43 18 41 114911
$1,000 to $1,249 593 17 4 5 9 22 30 194 127 91 60 35 156315
$1,250 to $1,499 430 4 0 0 2 9 14 65 129 78 51 76 196336
$1,500 or more 981 9 0 0 1 13 8 41 106 160 145 497 300000+
No cash rent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Median (excludes no cash rent) 817 328 296 253 455 566 658 798 1068 1239 1292 1500+ ...

Median Monthly Housing Costs for
Owners

Monthly costs including all mortgages
plus maintenance costs		 852 353 348 316 478 594 681 838 1119 1303 1328 1500+ ...
Monthly costs excluding second and
subsequent mortgages and maintenance
costs		 805 328 296 253 455 558 654 794 1038 1222 1281 1500+ ...

Monthly Housing Costs as Percent of
Current Income@3

Less than 5 percent		 249 41 11 12 9 33 11 47 23 14 15 34 108243
5 to 9 percent 612 48 24 49 34 66 50 93 71 50 48 80 118841
10 to 14 percent 696 50 35 27 40 72 84 133 92 36 24 103 115150
15 to 19 percent 692 48 23 18 23 76 63 130 90 58 60 103 136500
20 to 24 percent 641 38 7 21 32 55 57 121 82 77 56 97 146248
25 to 29 percent 516 24 9 11 17 45 44 113 67 50 37 99 147891
30 to 34 percent 417 35 2 2 14 31 45 86 59 40 30 73 146303
35 to 39 percent 280 8 3 2 14 18 23 49 37 39 19 67 179418
40 to 49 percent 324 18 11 5 5 33 32 64 50 38 20 48 144952
50 to 59 percent 207 5 1 3 3 17 29 34 22 25 29 39 177473
60 to 69 percent 102 8 0 0 2 8 6 21 17 18 9 12 165118
70 to 99 percent 126 9 1 0 0 3 11 27 23 19 4 28 174219
100 percent or more@4 175 13 0 0 3 13 23 28 13 14 21 47 180924
Zero or negative income 69 3 3 0 10 1 18 8 10 4 4 8 101780
No cash rent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Median (excludes 2 previous lines) 22.0 18.5 14.0 12.6 18.2 19.1 22.6 22.9 22.9 25.3 23.4 24.9 ...
Median (excludes 3 lines before medians) 21.4 17.8 14.0 12.6 17.9 18.7 21.6 22.3 22.5 24.7 22.5 23.6 ...

Monthly Payment for Principal
and Interest

One or more regular mortgages		 3496 118 62 57 112 287 340 687 493 395 300 645 158622
Less than $100 93 24 3 4 1 7 4 10 14 3 11 13 119693
$100 to $199 106 21 7 9 10 26 11 8 8 4 2 0 65043
$200 to $249 95 18 6 7 5 14 9 24 4 5 2 2 77441
$250 to $299 100 7 11 9 17 7 20 11 6 2 6 5 76819
$300 to $349 120 7 15 7 11 27 26 11 6 3 2 5 74157
$350 to $399 129 3 11 5 13 20 23 35 6 7 3 2 90330
$400 to $449 168 0 0 5 17 44 31 40 20 9 0 3 91891
$450 to $499 160 2 1 0 8 38 36 42 10 8 5 10 96652
$500 to $599 362 0 8 3 12 50 76 129 35 18 16 15 112284
$600 to $699 319 9 0 5 5 28 57 114 42 41 7 13 124883
$700 to $799 255 3 0 4 5 5 24 87 58 33 14 21 149518
$800 to $999 508 12 0 0 6 10 15 126 130 81 66 62 182812
$1,000 to $1,249 410 5 0 0 2 7 5 31 106 87 64 103 228368
$1,250 to $1,499 243 5 0 0 0 2 2 9 26 66 42 90 262399
$1,500 or more 429 1 0 0 0 3 1 11 24 28 59 301 300000+
Median 738 238 316 298 396 449 513 630 861 960 1055 1442 ...

Average Monthly Cost Paid for
Real Estate Taxes

Less than $25		 649 221 44 32 50 80 54 73 36 17 20 22 55573
$25 to $49 628 64 55 26 56 97 89 123 52 16 18 32 83694
$50 to $74 669 28 15 57 45 67 99 164 88 44 22 40 107286
$75 to $99 515 7 13 15 20 67 64 135 87 51 22 34 126296
$100 to $149 936 11 3 9 18 102 94 218 185 111 80 106 153734
$150 to $199 650 5 0 9 11 30 57 120 94 93 97 134 199225
$200 or more 1059 12 0 0 6 28 40 122 112 152 116 471 274749
Median 104 25- 34 57 48 71 77 96 117 151 163 200+ ...

Purchase Price

Home purchased or built		 4902 305 122 138 190 454 478 934 641 461 361 817 140874
Less than $10,000 283 142 12 14 12 24 14 32 19 4 2 8 30000-
$10,000 to $19,999 363 70 16 56 26 31 36 36 35 12 10 35 68796
$20,000 to $29,999 280 22 28 15 30 50 22 38 23 18 19 14 77596
$30,000 to $39,999 228 11 33 21 39 30 30 20 21 4 8 9 65932
$40,000 to $49,999 293 7 9 15 39 77 58 31 11 21 8 16 79604
$50,000 to $59,999 222 4 2 2 12 73 43 44 13 5 14 10 88178
$60,000 to $69,999 313 0 0 2 7 88 69 80 29 17 11 10 97245
$70,000 to $79,999 309 4 0 0 0 21 67 140 23 18 10 26 122234
$80,000 to $99,999 503 5 2 4 5 15 82 207 90 53 10 30 133302
$100,000 to $119,999 344 11 0 0 5 4 7 166 65 41 23 22 143692
$120,000 to $149,999 464 2 0 0 4 4 7 75 163 76 55 79 193069
$150,000 to $199,999 527 11 0 2 5 4 6 6 110 145 81 157 241259
$200,000 to $249,999 240 0 3 0 0 4 0 2 6 26 70 130 300000+
$250,000 to $299,999 95 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 9 73 300000+
$300,000 or more 178 0 4 0 0 3 0 7 3 3 1 158 300000+
Not reported 259 13 13 4 5 23 36 50 28 14 29 43 135079
Median 81212 10558 29522 19506 36123 50312 62571 82071 112926 131857 147333 191652 ...
Received as inheritance or gift 138 30 7 9 12 18 7 13 11 6 12 11 71232
Not reported 67 12 0 2 4 0 11 7 3 15 3 10 134511
@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.


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: May 27, 2005