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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 7-22. Value by Selected Characteristics--Owner Occupied Units With Elderly 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		 17350 1247 489 606 845 1852 1941 3333 2258 1337 1012 2429 125413

Units in Structure

1, detached		 14071 505 327 459 636 1558 1637 2852 1970 1118 891 2118 133536
1, attached 867 37 25 22 27 64 83 169 135 99 55 151 152212
2 to 4 379 21 7 15 17 67 32 50 55 43 30 41 130085
5 to 9 135 2 0 5 3 11 19 53 17 7 2 15 125095
10 to 19 146 6 2 2 7 17 29 22 27 17 0 16 120314
20 to 49 146 0 5 7 11 24 22 20 17 17 4 19 110030
50 or more 242 7 11 4 5 22 26 42 18 22 20 64 159731
Manufactured/mobile home or trailer 1364 668 111 93 139 87 92 125 19 15 9 5 31234

Year Structure Built@14

2000 to 2004		 490 60 24 16 22 22 29 61 76 52 47 81 157015
1995 to 1999 807 60 16 14 56 47 49 143 149 100 43 131 156542
1990 to 1994 728 75 13 9 28 58 56 137 111 84 51 106 145876
1985 to 1989 897 81 13 34 22 51 73 169 163 86 72 133 151824
1980 to 1984 867 121 30 30 44 65 97 133 120 78 41 109 117426
1975 to 1979 1514 153 37 30 74 118 175 344 191 117 66 208 124738
1970 to 1974 1593 202 53 33 43 181 159 323 202 128 60 209 119482
1960 to 1969 3008 142 66 69 100 329 359 677 392 222 214 439 132427
1950 to 1959 3103 84 43 117 175 383 434 658 390 203 173 443 124000
1940 to 1949 1402 101 70 66 117 212 176 209 129 84 79 160 95392
1930 to 1939 839 51 31 54 39 104 105 150 92 54 51 108 111965
1920 to 1929 739 48 30 39 47 89 88 126 79 46 37 109 111120
1919 or earlier 1363 70 63 96 79 194 142 204 163 83 78 193 109463
Median 1964 1973 1961 1954 1958 1958 1960 1964 1967 1968 1964 1964 ...

Rooms

1 room		 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 223563
2 rooms 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 252333
3 rooms 318 63 16 15 11 34 43 43 39 7 21 25 89019
4 rooms 2312 437 115 116 209 258 282 353 210 139 86 109 81494
5 rooms 4610 406 169 231 285 621 577 929 558 307 187 340 100885
6 rooms 4804 219 144 157 205 603 597 1008 650 323 272 625 123623
7 rooms 2713 63 24 58 85 201 270 623 401 272 200 516 154103
8 rooms 1266 22 10 15 19 74 71 183 224 160 126 361 204585
9 rooms 535 6 4 2 0 11 34 83 69 51 47 228 257830
10 rooms or more 772 25 6 12 32 50 68 112 104 75 71 218 189529

Bedrooms

None		 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 176682
1 587 91 31 33 31 62 81 71 65 27 41 55 91473
2 4962 634 252 250 398 578 563 807 552 360 201 369 93131
3 8731 460 183 260 364 1051 1057 1949 1220 634 469 1086 125415
4 or more 3058 57 24 64 53 161 241 507 419 315 301 917 200622

Complete Bathrooms

None		 100 22 7 5 12 14 9 11 3 2 9 6 67256
1 5266 581 255 352 421 821 713 864 515 229 199 314 85664
1 1/2 3645 187 73 85 174 471 493 846 488 280 216 332 120123
2 or more 8339 457 154 165 239 546 726 1612 1251 825 588 1777 160846

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 11097 819 291 408 556 1214 1310 2291 1398 767 572 1471 120750
Steam or hot water system 2133 51 28 38 45 183 186 327 335 250 214 475 181137
Electric heat pump 1792 100 50 32 83 168 208 393 287 156 93 222 132377
Built-in electric units 564 29 11 10 24 67 55 119 96 62 36 56 136380
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 669 67 37 42 39 75 54 83 59 32 45 136 111893
Room heaters with flue 325 44 20 26 25 45 37 36 30 23 19 19 81373
Room heaters without flue 354 95 34 29 48 47 23 33 13 11 7 14 54060
Portable electric heaters 72 13 2 2 11 7 17 5 5 9 2 0 81239
Stoves 198 22 5 11 8 25 33 19 31 18 19 7 96276
Fireplaces with inserts 25 0 5 0 0 2 8 11 0 0 0 0 94582
Fireplaces without inserts 14 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 2 133273
Other 29 0 2 5 2 6 4 6 0 0 0 3 77613
Cooking stove 31 4 4 2 4 5 3 5 0 0 1 2 62684
None 46 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 2 7 5 21 276984

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 14411 963 373 493 706 1531 1579 2845 1863 1112 852 2094 127422
Well serving 1 to 5 units 2810 271 101 106 135 292 345 477 389 214 157 321 116170
Drilled 2482 242 91 82 128 267 296 412 350 192 129 292 116165
Dug 186 21 4 17 2 12 30 41 23 12 8 14 107826
Not reported 142 7 6 8 5 12 19 24 16 10 21 14 130692
Other 130 14 15 7 5 29 16 11 6 12 2 14 77288

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 12718 753 333 432 623 1316 1392 2515 1698 976 764 1917 130027
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 4616 492 156 172 222 536 547 814 557 359 248 512 111212
Other 15 2 0 2 0 0 2 5 2 2 0 0 115616

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 17304 1247 489 606 845 1844 1941 3330 2256 1330 1007 2408 125214
Electricity 4080 342 137 126 198 446 458 847 557 343 180 446 119604
Piped gas 9584 572 227 342 470 1011 1081 1891 1267 728 578 1419 128811
Bottled gas 1362 223 64 66 88 159 153 216 127 65 58 141 90539
Fuel oil 1790 49 47 48 56 171 170 312 237 167 150 384 158937
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 126 32 8 7 18 13 8 19 7 2 8 4 58520
Coal or coke 40 0 0 7 0 2 14 9 0 5 2 0 94951
Wood 314 27 5 11 15 39 54 37 61 18 31 15 107270
Solar energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Other 9 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 79165

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 17325 1245 489 604 845 1849 1939 3326 2255 1337 1010 2425 125418
Electricity 10667 545 273 301 471 1093 1240 2316 1552 875 600 1400 130443
Piped gas 5563 464 173 248 305 636 611 879 581 393 363 911 119681
Bottled gas 1078 235 43 56 67 115 86 131 120 67 46 112 85387
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 193270
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		 6791 609 261 306 414 822 890 1275 805 426 310 672 103671
2 persons 8633 519 197 222 362 837 868 1731 1210 744 551 1392 137879
3 persons 1210 71 22 41 45 130 120 198 159 107 98 221 144812
4 persons 394 27 9 10 14 37 34 85 50 23 29 77 139141
5 persons 183 12 0 22 5 16 19 22 21 16 12 38 140776
6 persons 68 3 0 0 1 0 5 11 10 12 11 15 217178
7 persons or more 71 7 1 4 6 10 6 10 2 9 2 14 108142

Household Composition by Age of
Householder

2-or-more-person households		 10559 638 228 300 432 1030 1051 2058 1452 911 702 1757 138889
Married-couple families,
no nonrelatives		 8506 429 161 230 335 788 853 1701 1218 720 570 1501 142851
Under 25 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
25 to 29 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
30 to 34 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
35 to 44 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
45 to 64 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
65 years and over 8506 429 161 230 335 788 853 1701 1218 720 570 1501 142851
Other male householder 548 58 17 16 20 48 66 81 73 74 40 54 129563
Under 45 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
45 to 64 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
65 years and over 548 58 17 16 20 48 66 81 73 74 40 54 129563
Other female householder 1506 151 50 54 76 194 132 276 161 117 92 202 117197
Under 45 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
45 to 64 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
65 years and over 1506 151 50 54 76 194 132 276 161 117 92 202 117197
1-person households 6791 609 261 306 414 822 890 1275 805 426 310 672 103671
Male householder 1664 164 49 87 80 187 219 304 167 111 83 213 107475
Under 45 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
45 to 64 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
65 years and over 1664 164 49 87 80 187 219 304 167 111 83 213 107475
Female householder 5126 445 211 219 334 635 671 972 639 315 227 459 102482
Under 45 year 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
45 to 64 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
65 years and over 5126 445 211 219 334 635 671 972 639 315 227 459 102482

Own Never Married Children Under
18 Years Old

No own children under 18 years		 17227 1237 489 602 840 1844 1938 3314 2237 1328 1005 2393 125092
With own children under 18 years 123 10 0 4 5 8 3 19 21 10 7 35 177623
Under 6 years only 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 164019
1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 164019
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
3 or more 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
6 to 17 years only 113 10 0 4 5 4 3 15 19 10 7 35 187561
1 94 6 0 4 5 4 3 13 12 10 7 31 200713
2 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 5 160683
3 or more 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 175000
Both age groups 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 111451
2 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 111451
3 or more 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-

Income of Families and Primary
Individuals

Less than $5,000		 1137 104 33 36 70 111 132 200 159 91 74 128 120751
$5,000 to $9,999 1517 215 95 106 83 233 185 234 155 56 61 93 82761
$10,000 to $14,999 2277 254 120 108 207 333 288 372 263 108 73 150 88013
$15,000 to $19,999 1851 181 71 89 106 281 231 374 192 104 73 148 97008
$20,000 to $24,999 1783 154 39 60 126 242 239 332 242 123 89 135 104666
$25,000 to $29,999 1567 74 26 82 67 171 166 346 213 152 94 176 128573
$30,000 to $34,999 1274 71 28 24 55 109 190 307 189 93 52 156 125996
$35,000 to $39,999 905 49 15 33 22 55 107 222 102 92 54 155 138676
$40,000 to $49,999 1169 52 16 16 41 81 115 257 180 104 93 214 151990
$50,000 to $59,999 1027 39 20 12 26 70 100 212 175 104 80 189 160099
$60,000 to $79,999 1170 21 18 24 26 87 113 230 172 116 108 254 168918
$80,000 to $99,999 541 10 7 5 11 37 39 92 75 70 59 136 196785
$100,000 to $119,999 329 5 0 7 0 11 15 47 55 45 25 118 226061
$120,000 or more 804 17 2 3 5 29 22 109 86 78 76 376 283028
Median 25352 16380 14868 17936 17899 19426 22813 27246 27773 31805 33982 43432 ...

Monthly Housing Costs

Less than $100		 417 167 39 27 29 70 28 30 15 7 6 0 41061
$100 to $199 2834 419 186 251 261 475 348 453 200 66 86 88 72576
$200 to $249 1976 124 72 87 148 318 337 434 225 75 43 112 94127
$250 to $299 1833 114 35 56 108 220 308 461 262 110 58 101 108277
$300 to $349 1612 69 32 37 51 151 227 427 251 153 73 141 127950
$350 to $399 1264 69 18 32 41 116 132 317 229 108 85 118 135327
$400 to $449 1091 54 13 21 43 82 96 225 213 111 82 152 152705
$450 to $499 786 45 33 19 21 70 68 138 133 97 44 117 149353
$500 to $599 1247 74 22 32 40 113 92 172 177 135 115 274 171779
$600 to $699 847 28 14 16 46 87 81 122 89 98 79 187 166658
$700 to $799 677 30 7 10 30 48 71 146 80 49 41 166 149228
$800 to $999 887 21 2 4 17 67 74 178 117 104 95 208 184668
$1,000 to $1,249 652 10 5 2 11 17 36 124 111 93 66 176 204837
$1,250 to $1,499 378 2 1 5 0 2 20 44 76 45 52 131 243043
$1,500 or more 849 20 10 6 0 15 24 63 81 86 88 457 300000+
No cash rent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Median (excludes no cash rent) 350 215 213 214 244 264 291 333 388 470 525 659 ...

Median Monthly Housing Costs for
Owners

Monthly costs including all mortgages
plus maintenance costs		 377 232 228 237 262 286 318 354 408 502 569 712 ...
Monthly costs excluding second and
subsequent mortgages and maintenance
costs		 349 214 213 214 243 264 291 333 388 470 524 652 ...

Monthly Housing Costs as Percent of
Current Income@3

Less than 5 percent		 1131 109 40 35 31 118 113 226 139 70 69 181 126573
5 to 9 percent 2902 242 80 128 117 315 318 587 363 228 171 352 121341
10 to 14 percent 2895 185 80 86 189 324 364 602 366 193 141 363 118091
15 to 19 percent 2400 140 71 97 151 236 287 499 294 189 93 344 121954
20 to 24 percent 1699 125 59 68 90 199 193 331 213 121 100 200 117367
25 to 29 percent 1256 103 25 55 44 159 177 225 156 105 84 121 114132
30 to 34 percent 941 70 16 21 56 97 85 187 141 71 51 145 133327
35 to 39 percent 622 50 28 18 34 53 50 104 86 63 46 90 137593
40 to 49 percent 849 59 21 31 29 82 88 146 138 70 46 137 138864
50 to 59 percent 484 30 6 15 13 40 52 75 77 46 32 96 156188
60 to 69 percent 245 9 3 8 18 31 17 36 28 24 24 46 149104
70 to 99 percent 519 24 20 6 13 63 56 94 53 38 55 98 141276
100 percent or more@4 930 60 24 19 30 79 84 166 139 58 60 211 150727
Zero or negative income 477 40 15 17 30 55 55 55 65 62 39 44 123348
No cash rent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Median (excludes 2 previous lines) 18.1 17.4 17.5 17.3 17.3 17.9 17.5 17.2 18.8 18.8 20.6 19.3 ...
Median (excludes 3 lines before medians) 17.1 16.3 16.7 16.8 16.8 17.1 16.8 16.4 17.6 18.1 19.0 17.7 ...

Monthly Payment for Principal
and Interest

One or more regular mortgages		 3898 195 83 96 186 404 388 719 483 351 282 710 141486
Less than $100 185 53 7 7 7 22 24 17 16 4 14 13 75080
$100 to $199 298 34 22 30 20 61 22 57 25 5 8 15 73976
$200 to $249 245 26 12 14 28 40 26 40 21 21 7 9 81525
$250 to $299 220 9 16 11 27 40 34 41 18 2 10 12 84553
$300 to $349 294 21 11 14 18 59 42 62 35 15 8 10 92052
$350 to $399 258 14 4 2 19 48 48 58 19 20 21 5 97272
$400 to $449 251 7 4 7 9 29 47 63 47 18 3 17 117620
$450 to $499 191 0 0 5 10 25 15 52 30 16 11 28 139553
$500 to $599 411 20 4 2 39 34 52 91 58 43 21 48 130601
$600 to $699 301 0 2 0 2 33 23 81 42 44 29 45 161085
$700 to $799 207 3 0 0 0 6 19 48 36 33 23 40 188267
$800 to $999 337 2 0 0 7 2 22 63 68 49 47 78 205061
$1,000 to $1,249 290 2 0 0 0 3 10 29 43 38 43 122 272964
$1,250 to $1,499 122 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 26 17 60 296792
$1,500 or more 285 0 0 2 0 2 5 15 13 19 20 208 300000+
Median 501 219 245 238 327 333 398 470 554 673 739 1072 ...

Average Monthly Cost Paid for
Real Estate Taxes

Less than $25		 3003 792 254 233 254 483 295 329 140 68 82 73 58764
$25 to $49 2469 206 107 165 241 451 381 453 176 86 65 139 83407
$50 to $74 2330 81 64 103 142 347 381 533 278 116 94 189 104338
$75 to $99 1778 36 15 48 83 218 305 501 245 118 47 162 118266
$100 to $149 2564 60 17 20 83 194 310 739 496 252 128 266 140489
$150 to $199 1684 13 9 8 13 59 128 348 410 272 140 285 182341
$200 or more 3523 59 23 30 30 100 142 431 513 426 456 1314 250899
Median 87 25- 25- 35 42 49 69 92 129 155 182 200+ ...

Purchase Price

Home purchased or built		 16369 1090 452 532 796 1744 1839 3196 2171 1284 955 2310 127088
Less than $10,000 1963 318 123 142 150 275 275 297 142 82 65 95 78089
$10,000 to $19,999 3239 315 106 144 187 448 451 640 364 164 159 263 98658
$20,000 to $29,999 1926 156 64 68 83 224 181 421 225 142 104 259 122344
$30,000 to $39,999 1315 83 63 54 87 164 150 245 147 96 60 169 111776
$40,000 to $49,999 976 46 11 47 108 136 99 192 111 59 52 115 110623
$50,000 to $59,999 837 13 13 9 63 150 136 181 78 55 40 98 109397
$60,000 to $69,999 685 11 2 16 21 86 144 164 91 20 39 90 118839
$70,000 to $79,999 534 3 0 2 8 43 89 172 77 49 23 67 135209
$80,000 to $99,999 829 11 5 6 8 24 87 278 165 98 54 95 149346
$100,000 to $119,999 564 7 0 2 7 11 24 189 158 73 25 68 163384
$120,000 to $149,999 664 0 4 0 5 2 13 115 227 113 66 118 192252
$150,000 to $199,999 696 9 7 1 0 11 8 27 164 183 101 185 233180
$200,000 to $249,999 297 4 2 0 2 5 4 4 8 59 67 142 294966
$250,000 to $299,999 175 0 2 0 0 5 2 1 3 7 25 130 300000+
$300,000 or more 321 3 0 2 2 2 6 7 14 0 11 273 300000+
Not reported 1348 112 50 38 65 158 170 263 200 86 63 144 115490
Median 32904 15440 17410 17296 23416 23151 25992 34453 49778 61032 51521 69419 ...
Received as inheritance or gift 776 136 31 67 44 96 71 100 68 34 42 86 83711
Not reported 205 21 5 7 5 12 32 37 18 19 15 32 127050
@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