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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 7-22. Value by Selected Characteristics--Owner Occupied Units With Elderly 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		 17513 1300 586 752 1021 2368 2134 3553 2271 1155 719 1653 108380

Units in Structure

1, detached		 14149 484 381 575 794 1960 1843 3026 1963 1022 651 1449 117125
1, attached 914 36 35 27 46 116 90 215 155 62 35 98 125087
2 to 4 370 45 15 11 37 53 30 82 30 27 16 24 95689
5 to 9 130 9 0 3 10 13 28 34 8 7 8 10 102981
10 to 19 157 2 10 7 8 24 31 33 15 9 7 11 97464
20 to 49 159 5 2 10 10 32 15 29 28 0 2 25 109137
50 or more 261 12 2 5 27 40 22 38 54 23 0 36 127841
Manufactured/mobile home or trailer 1375 706 140 113 89 132 75 97 17 6 0 0 30000-

Year Structure Built@14

2000 to 2004		 221 39 17 9 7 9 8 26 41 25 15 25 141731
1995 to 1999 749 72 21 15 9 97 79 147 128 68 40 72 127599
1990 to 1994 675 74 27 24 23 47 55 132 127 82 23 59 132678
1985 to 1989 816 95 20 42 41 52 59 176 136 48 55 92 128059
1980 to 1984 833 106 37 19 64 113 71 155 109 51 35 73 102337
1975 to 1979 1423 137 48 56 77 173 160 334 155 93 65 126 109209
1970 to 1974 1675 205 52 43 66 219 209 316 235 106 53 172 106922
1960 to 1969 3079 118 68 91 149 411 435 718 410 224 146 312 118738
1950 to 1959 3308 119 41 146 202 507 467 766 436 204 133 287 111163
1940 to 1949 1558 87 91 87 123 279 199 261 153 92 63 124 91308
1930 to 1939 891 39 52 74 75 127 127 142 92 58 19 85 92153
1920 to 1929 786 75 27 49 61 139 91 126 72 39 30 77 89260
1919 or earlier 1498 134 85 96 123 196 174 254 179 65 42 149 93142
Median 1962 1971 1959 1954 1956 1958 1960 1963 1964 1965 1964 1963 ...

Rooms

1 room		 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 70000
2 rooms 33 18 0 0 6 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 30000-
3 rooms 330 86 25 15 30 45 48 50 11 13 2 5 64074
4 rooms 2356 483 116 149 227 382 254 364 183 77 45 77 70637
5 rooms 4893 441 220 276 359 867 723 956 474 239 121 217 87849
6 rooms 4732 216 159 191 244 649 607 1059 689 320 200 399 114233
7 rooms 2778 46 49 99 115 293 303 648 469 250 170 335 137266
8 rooms 1328 4 7 7 26 70 116 270 289 141 100 297 178175
9 rooms 513 0 3 5 12 17 47 110 74 58 35 154 193250
10 rooms or more 547 7 8 10 2 34 37 96 81 57 46 170 199485

Bedrooms

None		 7 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 73326
1 599 131 29 35 75 79 72 83 35 29 9 21 67517
2 5248 733 278 314 462 810 614 875 512 250 146 252 80837
3 8633 411 237 330 378 1278 1149 1971 1222 607 366 684 113553
4 or more 3027 25 43 72 106 196 298 624 500 269 197 696 164953

Complete Bathrooms

None		 111 34 2 5 14 22 9 10 7 2 4 0 59430
1 5570 693 326 405 480 998 781 939 454 187 104 201 77644
1 1/2 3729 149 71 143 237 596 600 900 502 220 113 199 103854
2 or more 8104 423 187 198 291 752 744 1704 1307 747 497 1253 142739

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 11155 774 354 489 690 1572 1430 2366 1377 692 417 993 105664
Steam or hot water system 2212 67 45 48 65 239 258 438 387 220 124 320 143709
Electric heat pump 1686 151 49 40 74 239 184 376 251 125 66 132 114195
Built-in electric units 616 42 29 21 39 77 82 123 83 55 24 40 106582
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 736 65 40 41 40 90 67 106 98 33 65 92 111663
Room heaters with flue 338 49 29 34 47 50 39 43 26 7 0 14 63908
Room heaters without flue 351 92 20 51 29 33 27 46 19 10 3 23 54397
Portable electric heaters 86 23 5 3 11 20 3 11 5 2 0 2 61332
Stoves 203 29 12 12 16 30 27 26 19 9 10 12 81143
Fireplaces with inserts 25 0 0 2 0 0 12 3 4 0 2 2 97197
Fireplaces without inserts 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 6 148707
Other 33 0 2 5 4 4 2 5 0 0 2 8 86422
Cooking stove 22 3 0 6 0 5 3 0 0 0 2 2 67201
None 32 0 0 0 5 8 0 6 0 3 5 7 130822

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 14568 1020 466 620 839 2023 1749 3006 1886 950 618 1391 109440
Well serving 1 to 5 units 2800 254 118 125 176 327 365 509 371 204 96 257 103633
Drilled 2494 222 107 111 151 288 328 451 333 185 93 225 104457
Dug 226 32 10 7 15 19 25 47 28 17 0 27 105530
Not reported 80 0 0 7 10 19 12 11 10 2 3 5 85719
Other 145 27 3 7 7 19 20 38 14 2 5 5 90808

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 12797 798 419 537 731 1741 1547 2668 1708 848 528 1272 111718
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 4692 493 167 215 288 622 582 883 563 307 191 381 99305
Other 24 9 0 0 2 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 61118

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 17481 1300 586 752 1016 2360 2134 3547 2271 1153 714 1647 108344
Electricity 4077 389 176 135 254 574 464 834 573 246 141 291 102864
Piped gas 9679 558 267 445 544 1368 1172 1993 1252 670 423 987 112208
Bottled gas 1300 227 79 68 107 163 172 202 99 59 34 89 80663
Fuel oil 1926 48 32 67 80 201 273 435 288 155 101 246 130084
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 139 33 16 19 9 14 9 23 14 2 0 0 52385
Coal or coke 30 9 0 2 0 4 3 2 5 2 0 2 77178
Wood 317 36 17 16 21 33 42 55 41 11 15 31 96963
Solar energy 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 225000
Other 10 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 116096

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 17484 1296 584 749 1021 2361 2132 3548 2266 1154 719 1653 108434
Electricity 10672 580 306 410 571 1406 1382 2412 1473 714 414 1003 114085
Piped gas 5712 486 205 290 359 832 605 980 685 390 285 593 103963
Bottled gas 1087 228 70 49 87 120 142 156 108 50 20 57 78281
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 90000
Coal or coke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Wood 7 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 54796
Other 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35000

Persons

1 person		 6882 734 296 302 515 995 919 1350 774 350 187 461 93071
2 persons 8770 471 233 388 402 1169 1029 1825 1213 671 431 938 118998
3 persons 1124 66 28 50 61 127 101 231 169 98 61 131 127841
4 persons 458 18 18 2 21 38 63 92 58 30 29 89 137045
5 persons 115 9 2 2 5 17 7 24 28 3 7 9 129283
6 persons 101 2 6 3 12 7 12 25 20 2 2 10 116630
7 persons or more 62 0 2 5 4 15 3 5 8 1 3 15 105136

Household Composition by Age of
Householder

2-or-more-person households		 10631 567 290 450 506 1373 1215 2203 1497 805 532 1192 120741
Married-couple families,
no nonrelatives		 8482 409 193 360 375 1064 976 1749 1192 704 457 1004 124713
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 8482 409 193 360 375 1064 976 1749 1192 704 457 1004 124713
Other male householder 537 58 14 24 29 51 63 102 100 26 15 54 113887
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 537 58 14 24 29 51 63 102 100 26 15 54 113887
Other female householder 1612 100 83 66 102 259 176 351 205 76 61 134 102977
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 1612 100 83 66 102 259 176 351 205 76 61 134 102977
1-person households 6882 734 296 302 515 995 919 1350 774 350 187 461 93071
Male householder 1620 210 60 66 83 227 193 311 181 96 50 143 97048
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 1620 210 60 66 83 227 193 311 181 96 50 143 97048
Female householder 5262 523 236 236 432 768 726 1040 593 254 136 318 92013
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 5262 523 236 236 432 768 726 1040 593 254 136 318 92013

Own Never Married Children Under
18 Years Old

No own children under 18 years		 17426 1296 585 749 1021 2366 2127 3534 2254 1142 714 1637 108053
With own children under 18 years 88 5 1 2 0 2 7 19 17 14 5 16 172515
Under 6 years only 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 198823
1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 198823
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 83 5 1 2 0 2 7 19 15 14 2 16 168172
1 66 5 1 2 0 2 7 14 7 9 2 16 161797
2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 0 196781
3 or more 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 162720
Both age groups 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
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-

Income of Families and Primary
Individuals

Less than $5,000		 1525 153 62 52 84 234 201 289 190 74 60 126 97622
$5,000 to $9,999 1774 337 110 80 150 278 186 282 132 76 32 111 75097
$10,000 to $14,999 2393 258 125 138 219 412 327 415 226 107 49 117 82667
$15,000 to $19,999 1966 151 73 143 166 365 273 369 195 83 43 107 86244
$20,000 to $24,999 1686 106 54 83 106 282 275 319 212 102 44 103 95444
$25,000 to $29,999 1535 97 59 89 77 177 222 358 222 74 71 87 106437
$30,000 to $34,999 1248 48 40 39 59 181 132 284 206 100 52 105 121834
$35,000 to $39,999 877 57 19 38 38 83 110 208 140 72 35 78 122639
$40,000 to $49,999 1064 15 9 29 29 111 127 294 156 109 69 117 136122
$50,000 to $59,999 853 39 10 21 39 94 96 220 132 69 41 92 128879
$60,000 to $79,999 978 9 7 20 24 76 83 232 200 102 71 154 159473
$80,000 to $99,999 484 9 6 11 5 27 33 91 99 50 47 106 179934
$100,000 to $119,999 379 6 5 7 2 26 17 73 44 51 37 111 209510
$120,000 or more 750 15 7 2 22 21 53 119 116 88 68 239 211029
Median 23256 13103 14840 18686 16726 18559 21460 26445 29062 33091 36179 39485 ...

Monthly Housing Costs

Less than $100		 480 157 45 29 62 76 53 35 6 7 0 10 51378
$100 to $199 2911 413 163 257 317 549 429 459 176 47 42 60 71174
$200 to $249 2071 180 106 123 152 388 314 440 180 73 36 79 85535
$250 to $299 1990 112 69 64 83 328 414 473 237 96 47 67 96333
$300 to $349 1690 108 19 39 104 220 219 457 276 85 52 110 114786
$350 to $399 1297 61 47 50 63 114 171 335 226 119 42 71 121408
$400 to $449 951 92 36 38 32 110 51 228 160 95 30 79 125532
$450 to $499 782 28 15 33 43 97 71 138 152 61 57 87 137593
$500 to $599 1296 36 36 57 62 169 91 247 231 114 92 160 139687
$600 to $699 832 36 23 16 26 117 97 144 110 86 61 114 134704
$700 to $799 639 19 14 19 31 80 61 118 94 51 38 114 140386
$800 to $999 889 26 5 12 16 64 87 213 170 92 66 138 156111
$1,000 to $1,249 597 11 8 5 9 32 19 155 99 83 42 133 179729
$1,250 to $1,499 392 0 0 0 7 7 25 44 104 79 30 97 206160
$1,500 or more 697 22 0 10 14 17 31 66 50 69 86 334 291642
No cash rent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Median (excludes no cash rent) 338 222 239 236 243 276 282 340 410 496 559 690 ...

Median Monthly Housing Costs for
Owners

Monthly costs including all mortgages
plus maintenance costs		 361 235 249 262 255 292 297 363 438 539 587 750 ...
Monthly costs excluding second and
subsequent mortgages and maintenance
costs		 338 221 239 236 243 276 282 340 409 496 555 683 ...

Monthly Housing Costs as Percent of
Current Income@3

Less than 5 percent		 1043 85 32 30 61 107 120 222 138 74 55 118 119529
5 to 9 percent 2857 183 73 146 172 351 392 619 389 167 108 257 109070
10 to 14 percent 2972 208 110 162 167 434 384 634 355 197 98 223 101649
15 to 19 percent 2212 161 64 70 150 315 262 484 304 125 110 168 108678
20 to 24 percent 1562 105 79 68 82 209 207 326 237 98 39 113 104917
25 to 29 percent 1147 121 49 61 79 156 145 183 112 75 72 95 94930
30 to 34 percent 846 51 32 22 44 129 114 161 133 59 32 70 109754
35 to 39 percent 706 49 29 35 39 101 91 134 65 54 32 76 103214
40 to 49 percent 967 86 20 42 53 127 98 192 134 75 36 102 114635
50 to 59 percent 557 42 20 25 28 74 67 112 63 39 15 71 110155
60 to 69 percent 354 25 16 10 28 50 31 55 37 27 12 61 115263
70 to 99 percent 531 31 12 23 34 76 42 100 60 52 29 72 123536
100 percent or more@4 1103 95 31 41 41 122 106 203 158 72 48 185 128313
Zero or negative income 658 59 20 17 44 117 74 127 86 40 32 43 99545
No cash rent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Median (excludes 2 previous lines) 18.5 19.5 20.2 17.0 17.9 18.7 17.5 17.4 18.4 19.7 18.7 21.7 ...
Median (excludes 3 lines before medians) 17.2 18.0 19.1 15.6 17.2 17.7 16.5 16.4 17.1 18.3 17.6 18.4 ...

Monthly Payment for Principal
and Interest

One or more regular mortgages		 3838 167 118 138 175 487 393 756 543 347 210 504 129208
Less than $100 177 21 9 10 13 23 24 27 16 7 7 19 90855
$100 to $199 350 49 39 19 21 65 51 41 42 6 5 12 74434
$200 to $249 237 24 13 13 18 57 22 53 12 12 7 8 77971
$250 to $299 283 28 27 28 32 54 19 40 23 12 7 11 69756
$300 to $349 271 6 1 20 20 58 38 61 24 17 5 21 96130
$350 to $399 266 13 6 23 9 64 25 41 54 14 2 14 93727
$400 to $449 262 2 7 5 16 39 60 60 40 16 5 12 102080
$450 to $499 208 4 8 3 10 48 34 40 21 13 16 12 98450
$500 to $599 395 10 2 2 11 48 48 124 66 50 17 17 130727
$600 to $699 298 2 0 2 7 17 18 103 69 27 25 28 149562
$700 to $799 195 0 5 0 7 4 22 61 26 33 16 21 149107
$800 to $999 325 0 0 8 2 7 17 61 75 69 22 63 194522
$1,000 to $1,249 220 0 0 0 2 0 2 24 49 34 42 67 248062
$1,250 to $1,499 132 4 0 0 2 3 8 7 15 22 23 48 260984
$1,500 or more 219 2 0 5 5 0 5 14 11 14 12 150 300000+
Median 467 227 243 297 312 338 415 511 559 698 758 1048 ...

Average Monthly Cost Paid for
Real Estate Taxes

Less than $25		 3393 872 284 325 360 591 342 334 122 53 27 83 56006
$25 to $49 2786 209 182 224 289 505 425 476 239 92 52 92 79361
$50 to $74 2414 88 52 95 163 458 433 550 217 134 72 151 96163
$75 to $99 1701 39 34 32 53 273 285 459 258 110 46 112 114587
$100 to $149 2593 27 12 20 67 309 332 841 529 191 81 184 131460
$150 to $199 1665 17 12 28 33 109 160 430 386 214 127 150 155658
$200 or more 2960 47 10 28 54 122 158 464 519 361 313 882 210647
Median 77 25- 26 30 37 54 67 97 128 149 181 200+ ...

Purchase Price

Home purchased or built		 16529 1151 552 699 930 2243 2017 3379 2192 1113 694 1559 109947
Less than $10,000 2247 356 168 181 231 345 332 294 168 65 39 68 70899
$10,000 to $19,999 3374 318 105 172 205 524 507 755 357 169 113 148 94268
$20,000 to $29,999 1976 172 81 85 109 238 248 421 254 125 70 173 106490
$30,000 to $39,999 1360 84 83 82 98 223 126 225 185 87 71 95 97273
$40,000 to $49,999 972 51 14 62 67 167 121 201 94 68 28 99 100823
$50,000 to $59,999 803 15 22 5 51 209 91 155 107 41 21 87 102858
$60,000 to $69,999 678 21 10 5 43 141 143 135 61 38 7 75 96687
$70,000 to $79,999 507 11 3 5 2 55 87 137 86 44 24 54 133051
$80,000 to $99,999 788 3 5 0 11 28 103 336 147 55 40 60 136376
$100,000 to $119,999 540 2 3 5 3 19 11 235 151 38 26 49 148384
$120,000 to $149,999 588 7 2 9 0 11 18 142 224 82 42 52 173573
$150,000 to $199,999 574 5 0 0 7 10 10 20 167 160 91 104 221395
$200,000 to $249,999 237 2 0 3 2 8 6 9 10 54 59 83 270291
$250,000 to $299,999 133 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 2 7 24 92 300000+
$300,000 or more 210 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 5 2 187 300000+
Not reported 1544 102 57 83 98 263 213 310 169 77 38 132 95780
Median 29471 15292 17585 17369 19033 25051 22528 32879 45131 51070 53238 65692 ...
Received as inheritance or gift 799 141 24 44 83 92 91 132 63 34 17 77 83314
Not reported 184 8 10 9 7 33 26 42 17 9 8 17 99586
@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: February 18, 2005