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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001

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1980 Weighting--American Housing Survey 2001
Table 5-22. Value by Selected Characteristics--Owner Occupied Units With Black Householder
[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		 6327 494 354 376 453 1031 976 1177 692 297 144 333 89323

Units in Structure

1, detached		 4947 200 233 288 308 828 834 1004 583 257 126 287 94809
1, attached 562 55 28 31 36 97 80 81 91 29 15 19 88517
2 to 4 143 8 5 13 12 26 14 31 7 8 0 18 90504
5 to 9 23 2 0 0 0 7 1 8 1 0 0 3 106600
10 to 19 36 0 2 2 5 8 6 7 2 0 2 0 80135
20 to 49 21 2 2 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 57192
50 or more 41 2 3 6 0 6 5 5 5 3 0 6 92105
Manufactured/mobile home or trailer 554 225 82 36 83 53 33 39 4 0 0 0 36427

Year Structure Built@14

2000 to 2004		 168 8 17 0 0 9 19 37 29 15 14 21 143358
1995 to 1999 561 53 42 29 52 46 66 110 71 30 23 39 97796
1990 to 1994 359 29 8 9 42 44 51 64 39 19 13 41 98504
1985 to 1989 338 34 8 10 11 20 52 97 55 22 8 21 117445
1980 to 1984 324 45 11 10 13 46 47 90 40 13 0 8 95550
1975 to 1979 405 43 13 9 35 66 63 97 36 16 6 23 91979
1970 to 1974 560 32 29 32 38 129 93 95 54 28 11 20 84345
1960 to 1969 943 49 41 56 79 198 167 190 73 34 19 37 85675
1950 to 1959 884 37 42 60 47 172 160 170 101 47 15 33 90486
1940 to 1949 559 73 46 28 32 116 85 74 48 13 13 30 77242
1930 to 1939 477 42 32 49 55 58 82 61 55 20 6 16 80537
1920 to 1929 319 14 19 38 27 69 35 44 40 10 8 16 77967
1919 or earlier 428 34 47 45 23 58 57 49 51 29 9 28 82763
Median 1965 1969 1957 1954 1965 1962 1964 1970 1967 1968 1971 1971 ...

Rooms

1 room		 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 90000
2 rooms 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 70000
3 rooms 66 17 5 6 5 11 8 10 4 1 0 0 61156
4 rooms 491 116 37 47 43 77 54 60 27 14 3 13 60587
5 rooms 1553 186 131 132 117 287 261 258 94 35 7 46 74687
6 rooms 2060 141 127 111 144 420 371 392 200 53 20 82 84695
7 rooms 1076 18 36 57 76 145 165 271 159 61 42 46 107619
8 rooms 554 5 12 17 37 59 64 118 102 50 31 60 135568
9 rooms 246 7 3 0 10 20 30 36 59 34 16 32 165186
10 rooms or more 275 4 3 7 22 11 20 33 47 49 25 54 190171

Bedrooms

None		 5 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 78129
1 96 17 7 12 8 11 11 13 7 4 0 7 67101
2 1064 185 79 116 108 201 106 128 77 24 11 29 64343
3 3591 258 212 180 223 664 670 738 355 122 51 119 87729
4 or more 1570 35 56 68 113 153 186 299 253 148 82 177 129093

Complete Bathrooms

None		 51 15 2 0 0 5 9 12 7 0 0 0 86938
1 1968 261 186 249 178 403 208 235 128 49 14 58 65483
1 1/2 1414 60 66 66 105 291 301 251 163 56 22 33 87901
2 or more 2894 157 100 61 171 333 458 679 394 192 108 242 112336

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 4089 273 192 203 320 722 650 782 441 182 97 225 90262
Steam or hot water system 621 35 30 44 31 74 64 98 114 61 25 45 116274
Electric heat pump 682 51 42 44 38 84 137 171 65 24 6 20 91968
Built-in electric units 115 2 4 6 12 24 30 19 7 8 0 3 86192
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 253 14 25 24 11 35 32 35 33 12 13 19 90815
Room heaters with flue 127 16 14 12 16 27 26 4 8 0 0 4 64462
Room heaters without flue 299 80 37 30 17 44 12 43 17 8 2 9 52026
Portable electric heaters 66 9 5 6 6 11 21 4 0 0 0 5 73121
Stoves 40 5 2 5 0 7 2 9 5 2 0 2 87464
Fireplaces with inserts 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 134569
Fireplaces without inserts 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 30000-
Other 10 0 3 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 50970
Cooking stove 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 82023
None 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 5763 402 299 330 379 966 898 1077 658 289 142 322 91237
Well serving 1 to 5 units 556 91 55 46 74 63 77 94 34 8 2 10 63486
Drilled 461 77 47 38 72 48 58 72 29 8 2 8 59352
Dug 86 12 8 8 2 15 15 22 2 0 0 2 77996
Not reported 9 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 91930
Other 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 116836

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 5299 330 270 298 319 878 843 1009 626 279 131 316 93161
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 1020 162 85 78 134 151 132 164 67 18 12 17 66752
Other 7 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 100316

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 6323 490 354 376 453 1031 976 1177 692 297 144 333 89361
Electricity 1845 156 83 100 173 311 355 361 166 62 15 65 85635
Piped gas 3598 227 205 207 228 571 539 665 420 195 106 234 93385
Bottled gas 374 60 37 25 31 68 35 56 35 10 5 11 69778
Fuel oil 362 18 14 29 15 63 37 63 57 27 18 20 103420
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 73 21 10 10 3 7 9 13 0 0 0 0 44856
Coal or coke 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 70000
Wood 60 8 4 5 0 9 2 19 8 2 0 2 104471
Solar energy 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 175000
Other 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 155830

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 6299 491 354 374 453 1029 961 1177 690 297 144 330 89347
Electricity 3080 207 145 165 217 556 543 668 283 116 42 138 89197
Piped gas 2859 218 175 185 204 425 380 459 367 171 94 183 91761
Bottled gas 357 65 35 24 32 48 38 51 38 10 7 9 69228
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Other 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 175000

Persons

1 person		 1422 184 90 102 109 250 228 229 121 43 19 47 78056
2 persons 1752 139 78 110 134 319 284 317 188 55 24 104 86812
3 persons 1225 75 73 70 97 188 185 261 143 64 24 46 91854
4 persons 1052 66 63 42 31 139 164 206 129 83 34 96 105319
5 persons 522 15 31 31 63 89 67 101 67 27 18 16 89872
6 persons 208 6 13 19 9 18 32 38 26 16 16 14 107884
7 persons or more 145 9 8 2 10 28 15 26 18 10 8 11 99901

Household Composition by Age of
Householder

2-or-more-person households		 4905 310 264 274 344 781 747 948 571 254 125 286 92821
Married-couple families,
no nonrelatives		 2849 108 113 146 189 390 445 595 375 185 88 215 102850
Under 25 years 22 2 0 5 5 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 58872
25 to 29 years 73 5 7 5 3 11 23 6 10 0 4 0 84605
30 to 34 years 281 4 11 3 18 28 55 86 30 12 9 25 112767
35 to 44 years 743 30 14 20 24 69 136 189 109 55 35 61 120622
45 to 64 years 1267 42 46 73 110 179 178 231 173 100 35 100 101343
65 years and over 463 25 35 40 29 101 53 79 49 18 5 29 80665
Other male householder 432 42 33 26 9 77 71 94 44 12 9 14 87759
Under 45 years 185 22 16 7 0 35 19 53 20 8 3 3 93021
45 to 64 years 172 17 15 13 6 28 38 25 18 2 3 5 83060
65 years and over 74 3 2 6 3 14 14 16 6 1 3 6 93395
Other female householder 1624 160 118 102 146 313 231 259 152 57 28 57 78230
Under 45 years 724 104 59 52 53 134 106 104 56 15 11 30 74055
45 to 64 years 567 35 35 30 44 110 85 104 54 34 15 21 86826
65 years and over 333 22 24 20 49 69 40 52 42 8 3 5 75152
1-person households 1422 184 90 102 109 250 228 229 121 43 19 47 78056
Male householder 546 96 26 31 45 107 70 78 47 25 6 16 74110
Under 45 years 221 48 5 15 17 34 34 22 21 12 3 10 74965
45 to 64 years 206 23 16 12 15 51 25 31 21 9 3 0 74435
65 years and over 119 24 5 4 13 22 11 25 4 5 0 6 72014
Female householder 876 88 65 71 64 143 159 151 75 17 13 31 80903
Under 45 year 122 9 0 12 9 24 17 32 12 3 0 4 88308
45 to 64 years 357 33 22 29 25 76 70 49 31 6 5 12 78415
65 years and over 397 46 42 29 30 44 71 71 32 8 8 15 81702

Own Never Married Children Under
18 Years Old

No own children under 18 years		 4145 359 247 269 328 705 614 710 473 168 80 192 85382
With own children under 18 years 2182 135 108 107 125 326 361 467 219 129 63 141 96026
Under 6 years only 245 7 4 9 13 21 54 72 25 11 9 20 109899
1 174 0 4 9 8 21 45 52 8 9 3 15 99491
2 65 7 0 0 4 0 6 17 17 2 6 6 144933
3 or more 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 105513
6 to 17 years only 1524 117 89 81 107 236 246 294 131 104 36 84 90757
1 835 68 29 54 82 137 121 160 66 67 21 30 87799
2 515 43 38 20 22 71 101 104 47 26 0 42 92466
3 or more 173 6 21 7 3 28 24 30 18 11 16 12 98581
Both age groups 413 11 15 17 6 70 62 101 64 14 18 37 113582
2 191 7 7 4 3 29 29 50 31 6 7 20 117582
3 or more 222 4 8 13 3 40 33 52 33 8 11 17 109745

Income of Families and Primary
Individuals

Less than $5,000		 372 49 36 17 30 70 42 54 44 10 5 16 75502
$5,000 to $9,999 417 86 65 24 31 61 49 61 18 4 0 18 60872
$10,000 to $14,999 486 67 56 40 74 100 56 44 25 2 7 14 61237
$15,000 to $19,999 428 56 27 49 29 90 68 51 29 9 2 17 71668
$20,000 to $24,999 478 80 35 44 41 105 70 65 20 10 3 6 67385
$25,000 to $29,999 449 42 27 45 27 116 70 70 29 0 8 15 74351
$30,000 to $34,999 480 36 33 37 50 80 100 78 39 9 11 6 80634
$35,000 to $39,999 335 20 21 20 29 62 63 76 32 9 0 3 84753
$40,000 to $49,999 582 31 13 42 60 93 97 130 56 27 14 20 90718
$50,000 to $59,999 459 9 20 10 32 72 94 120 68 15 8 8 98022
$60,000 to $79,999 675 11 16 34 12 93 142 176 87 63 13 28 108584
$80,000 to $99,999 498 2 5 10 24 56 81 146 82 39 23 32 124692
$100,000 to $119,999 254 2 0 5 3 24 18 38 48 42 24 51 189365
$120,000 or more 413 0 0 0 11 9 26 69 116 59 26 98 189637
Median 35797 18956 18761 26594 29031 28877 37533 46973 57985 77117 80894 89180 ...

Monthly Housing Costs

Less than $100		 142 60 13 6 21 15 12 5 7 0 0 3 38714
$100 to $199 634 147 87 63 53 87 88 72 27 5 0 6 53771
$200 to $249 473 80 37 36 23 99 70 94 15 10 0 9 72152
$250 to $299 368 35 29 33 20 80 78 48 29 16 0 0 76719
$300 to $349 334 38 15 15 26 84 64 53 22 2 8 7 77463
$350 to $399 248 35 23 22 11 43 40 33 27 4 5 5 75105
$400 to $449 230 13 30 29 17 42 34 28 22 5 2 8 72108
$450 to $499 254 19 23 15 51 54 32 15 31 5 2 7 67388
$500 to $599 557 31 28 64 66 151 65 69 36 17 7 22 71821
$600 to $699 423 27 17 50 43 104 54 68 27 14 2 17 74414
$700 to $799 438 3 26 23 68 97 104 69 16 5 8 20 80545
$800 to $999 676 0 11 13 50 111 206 191 58 11 10 14 94800
$1,000 to $1,249 559 4 6 3 4 40 88 254 99 32 8 19 126275
$1,250 to $1,499 357 0 4 0 0 11 22 108 121 58 18 15 163728
$1,500 or more 634 3 5 4 0 14 17 71 156 113 73 180 221535
No cash rent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Median (excludes no cash rent) 586 225 337 421 506 508 609 836 1074 1347 1500+ 1500+ ...

Median Monthly Housing Costs for
Owners

Monthly costs including all mortgages
plus maintenance costs		 629 260 381 456 526 534 663 874 1127 1401 1500+ 1500+ ...
Monthly costs excluding second and
subsequent mortgages and maintenance
costs		 577 225 326 421 505 507 596 814 1038 1296 1500+ 1500+ ...

Monthly Housing Costs as Percent of
Current Income@3

Less than 5 percent		 335 43 19 5 18 47 49 75 49 10 3 17 94395
5 to 9 percent 918 83 50 81 84 173 162 139 68 47 8 24 78703
10 to 14 percent 992 109 57 73 48 159 167 187 90 59 22 20 85880
15 to 19 percent 837 49 35 46 84 117 139 174 99 29 20 46 92760
20 to 24 percent 725 45 26 52 29 113 100 134 99 35 35 59 99584
25 to 29 percent 525 31 39 36 29 83 84 107 57 29 3 26 90365
30 to 34 percent 409 14 19 15 34 56 67 99 45 13 24 24 99821
35 to 39 percent 263 15 17 8 5 43 47 42 46 20 2 18 98971
40 to 49 percent 333 21 11 16 17 84 41 46 35 17 8 36 88182
50 to 59 percent 205 10 24 5 20 27 28 46 17 7 4 15 91083
60 to 69 percent 129 20 19 6 6 13 24 20 7 8 3 3 79471
70 to 99 percent 198 10 13 8 40 28 20 27 25 9 5 13 80132
100 percent or more@4 327 30 23 20 22 66 32 55 38 11 7 23 81696
Zero or negative income 131 14 4 6 14 23 14 26 19 3 0 9 86290
No cash rent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Median (excludes 2 previous lines) 20.1 15.4 22.9 17.8 19.0 20.3 18.6 19.9 21.6 20.2 22.8 24.6 ...
Median (excludes 3 lines before medians) 19.1 14.5 20.7 16.8 18.4 18.9 18.1 19.1 20.6 19.3 22.3 23.6 ...

Monthly Payment for Principal
and Interest

One or more regular mortgages		 3933 160 160 217 287 623 606 803 496 233 118 230 97142
Less than $100 138 36 6 7 6 24 28 11 8 6 0 5 70756
$100 to $199 238 34 19 35 30 39 33 25 14 3 2 3 59958
$200 to $249 197 33 26 23 28 44 17 13 4 5 4 0 55821
$250 to $299 232 14 37 33 36 59 22 11 14 2 0 5 59069
$300 to $349 216 15 29 28 28 47 34 17 9 3 2 3 63448
$350 to $399 289 10 9 31 36 100 40 39 4 6 5 10 71801
$400 to $449 246 11 11 20 21 79 51 36 12 3 3 0 75149
$450 to $499 207 2 7 16 32 54 43 42 6 0 0 5 77166
$500 to $599 404 0 5 19 30 74 145 84 28 7 7 6 90074
$600 to $699 377 0 0 0 26 54 91 123 66 13 2 1 106928
$700 to $799 292 2 5 0 11 24 52 133 42 14 4 6 119846
$800 to $999 407 0 0 3 2 12 40 173 92 63 9 14 142355
$1,000 to $1,249 282 0 3 0 0 5 3 68 117 39 26 20 176274
$1,250 to $1,499 145 0 0 0 0 2 5 11 61 30 16 19 194242
$1,500 or more 265 3 3 1 0 7 2 18 20 39 37 135 300000+
Median 550 214 288 318 370 399 524 700 890 973 1196 1500+ ...

Average Monthly Cost Paid for
Real Estate Taxes

Less than $25		 1593 324 195 168 165 309 146 169 59 14 9 36 56677
$25 to $49 1077 121 103 104 123 207 210 121 67 11 4 7 68524
$50 to $74 894 20 21 57 85 261 174 174 62 25 10 5 80248
$75 to $99 636 6 15 16 32 106 157 171 78 25 15 16 98273
$100 to $149 895 7 8 14 30 84 189 326 140 61 10 25 117672
$150 to $199 448 12 5 5 13 38 46 102 107 55 21 42 150824
$200 or more 783 5 7 12 4 26 54 114 180 107 74 201 197292
Median 63 25- 25- 29 37 49 69 93 128 162 200+ 200+ ...

Purchase Price

Home purchased or built		 5829 402 327 342 394 964 883 1121 658 292 138 307 90977
Less than $10,000 422 130 66 33 34 44 32 45 20 6 2 11 44670
$10,000 to $19,999 760 111 56 64 78 164 99 87 64 16 10 12 68704
$20,000 to $29,999 568 64 69 60 46 99 76 77 52 10 0 14 69028
$30,000 to $39,999 525 27 74 79 50 121 78 49 20 17 5 5 65442
$40,000 to $49,999 397 0 38 29 56 114 73 54 17 11 2 3 73233
$50,000 to $59,999 421 10 0 12 67 142 88 55 34 3 3 8 77171
$60,000 to $69,999 350 0 3 11 17 107 86 77 33 11 0 5 88756
$70,000 to $79,999 330 0 0 0 0 53 116 111 30 7 5 8 99224
$80,000 to $99,999 486 8 0 3 12 18 138 210 69 16 2 10 115404
$100,000 to $119,999 198 2 0 0 0 12 9 114 44 15 0 3 133475
$120,000 to $149,999 310 2 5 0 0 5 8 123 116 34 9 8 155092
$150,000 to $199,999 272 3 0 0 0 4 5 8 103 83 25 40 207702
$200,000 to $249,999 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 28 38 30 270668
$250,000 to $299,999 72 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 52 300000+
$300,000 or more 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 54 300000+
Not reported 558 46 17 52 33 81 72 101 56 36 19 44 93750
Median 49058 14390 24799 28013 34451 41132 55350 75940 89102 135056 190843 206508 ...
Received as inheritance or gift 394 84 27 34 52 52 59 34 32 3 4 15 60020
Not reported 104 8 0 0 7 15 34 22 3 2 2 11 92780
@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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