American Housing Survey (AHS) |
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Physical problems | Household characteristics | In MSAs | Urban | Rural | Regions | ||||||||||||||||||
Total occupied units |
New con- struction 4 years |
Manu- factured/ mobile homes |
Severe | Moderate | Black | Hispanic | Elderly (65 years and over) |
Moved in past year |
Below poverty level |
Total occupied units |
Central cities |
Suburbs | Outside MSAs |
Total | Outside MSAs |
Total | Suburbs | Outside MSAs |
Northeast | Midwest | South | West | |
Total |
72265 | 4690 | 6001 | 948 | 2009 | 6318 | 4731 | 17513 | 5723 | 6713 | 72265 | 16870 | 39420 | 15975 | 49500 | 4841 | 22764 | 11384 | 11133 | 12987 | 18049 | 26715 | 14514 |
Selected Amenities@1 Porch, deck, balcony, or patio |
65479 | 4138 | 5114 | 798 | 1755 | 5389 | 4132 | 15688 | 4976 | 5870 | 65479 | 14978 | 36148 | 14353 | 44830 | 4401 | 20649 | 10475 | 9952 | 11200 | 16322 | 24480 | 13477 |
Telephone available | 70387 | 4298 | 5770 | 898 | 1924 | 6087 | 4601 | 17143 | 5436 | 6468 | 70387 | 16398 | 38392 | 15598 | 48228 | 4759 | 22159 | 11075 | 10839 | 12670 | 17671 | 25949 | 14097 |
Usable fireplace | 31079 | 2618 | 921 | 256 | 451 | 1859 | 1460 | 6292 | 2671 | 1810 | 31079 | 6823 | 19501 | 4754 | 22425 | 1416 | 8654 | 5191 | 3338 | 4964 | 6804 | 10750 | 8561 |
Separate dining room | 40568 | 2710 | 1709 | 437 | 944 | 3698 | 2332 | 9153 | 3130 | 3171 | 40568 | 9927 | 23234 | 7407 | 29573 | 2453 | 10995 | 5926 | 4954 | 8561 | 9717 | 14822 | 7467 |
With 2 or more living rooms or recreation rooms, etc. |
28300 | 2081 | 873 | 224 | 484 | 2117 | 1333 | 5907 | 2205 | 1578 | 28300 | 6167 | 16995 | 5138 | 20366 | 1782 | 7934 | 4501 | 3356 | 5231 | 7372 | 9460 | 6237 |
Garage or carport included with home | 53778 | 3633 | 1747 | 559 | 1043 | 3543 | 3424 | 13307 | 4255 | 4050 | 53778 | 12557 | 30543 | 10678 | 38772 | 3672 | 15006 | 7846 | 7007 | 8567 | 15140 | 17498 | 12573 |
Not included | 18397 | 1057 | 4254 | 389 | 965 | 2761 | 1303 | 4170 | 1468 | 2644 | 18397 | 4291 | 8825 | 5281 | 10655 | 1159 | 7741 | 3525 | 4122 | 4376 | 2891 | 9192 | 1939 |
Off-street parking included | 15559 | 929 | 3684 | 312 | 795 | 2111 | 1068 | 3434 | 1248 | 2164 | 15559 | 3064 | 7871 | 4624 | 8674 | 994 | 6885 | 3168 | 3629 | 3343 | 2459 | 8020 | 1736 |
Off-street parking not reported | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Garage or carport not reported | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 19 | 90 | 22 | 52 | 16 | 73 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 44 | 18 | 25 | 3 |
Cars and Trucks Available@1 No cars, trucks, or vans |
2699 | 67 | 321 | 135 | 169 | 529 | 188 | 1741 | 115 | 902 | 2699 | 1001 | 1065 | 634 | 2001 | 223 | 698 | 284 | 411 | 809 | 560 | 983 | 347 |
Other households without cars | 8273 | 591 | 1162 | 115 | 344 | 478 | 697 | 1291 | 738 | 796 | 8273 | 1753 | 4127 | 2394 | 4983 | 648 | 3290 | 1511 | 1746 | 1035 | 2126 | 3391 | 1721 |
1 car with or without trucks or vans | 34657 | 2248 | 3185 | 456 | 986 | 2996 | 2106 | 10408 | 2772 | 3684 | 34657 | 8040 | 18250 | 8368 | 23349 | 2583 | 11308 | 5433 | 5785 | 5758 | 8865 | 13365 | 6669 |
2 cars | 20234 | 1440 | 1043 | 177 | 412 | 1743 | 1324 | 3385 | 1741 | 1057 | 20234 | 4762 | 11930 | 3542 | 14577 | 1100 | 5657 | 3113 | 2442 | 4062 | 4914 | 7037 | 4221 |
3 or more cars | 6401 | 343 | 290 | 65 | 97 | 572 | 416 | 690 | 356 | 275 | 6401 | 1315 | 4050 | 1037 | 4591 | 288 | 1811 | 1044 | 750 | 1323 | 1583 | 1939 | 1556 |
With cars, no trucks or vans | 31832 | 1932 | 2186 | 366 | 775 | 3276 | 1789 | 9899 | 2669 | 3167 | 31832 | 8603 | 18005 | 5225 | 24568 | 1951 | 7265 | 3892 | 3273 | 6854 | 7700 | 11105 | 6173 |
1 truck or van with or without cars | 26617 | 1932 | 2329 | 357 | 712 | 1942 | 1899 | 4614 | 2128 | 1919 | 26617 | 5382 | 14482 | 6754 | 16834 | 1868 | 9783 | 4810 | 4886 | 3986 | 6825 | 10277 | 5530 |
2 or more trucks or vans | 11116 | 759 | 1166 | 91 | 353 | 572 | 854 | 1259 | 812 | 726 | 11116 | 1885 | 5869 | 3363 | 6098 | 800 | 5018 | 2399 | 2563 | 1338 | 2964 | 4350 | 2464 |
Owner or Manager on Property Rental, multiunit@8 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Owner or manager lives on property | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Neither owner nor manager lives on property |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Selected Deficiencies@1 Signs of rats in last 3 months |
482 | 13 | 68 | 13 | 123 | 47 | 87 | 82 | 38 | 78 | 482 | 160 | 262 | 60 | 375 | 15 | 107 | 55 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 232 | 169 |
Signs of mice in last 3 months | 4379 | 167 | 617 | 86 | 263 | 513 | 277 | 813 | 310 | 543 | 4379 | 996 | 2039 | 1345 | 2228 | 247 | 2151 | 1022 | 1097 | 889 | 1200 | 1482 | 809 |
Signs of rodents, not sure which kind in last 3 months |
194 | 25 | 46 | 16 | 18 | 43 | 13 | 33 | 22 | 37 | 194 | 51 | 108 | 35 | 118 | 8 | 76 | 49 | 27 | 43 | 12 | 89 | 50 |
Holes in floors | 550 | 13 | 165 | 70 | 183 | 55 | 76 | 107 | 47 | 125 | 550 | 143 | 240 | 168 | 354 | 49 | 196 | 77 | 119 | 80 | 118 | 224 | 129 |
Open cracks or holes (interior) | 2896 | 123 | 354 | 108 | 671 | 372 | 319 | 472 | 236 | 434 | 2896 | 897 | 1332 | 666 | 2015 | 216 | 881 | 428 | 451 | 438 | 705 | 1119 | 634 |
Broken plaster or peeling paint (interior) | 1274 | 14 | 47 | 59 | 397 | 199 | 127 | 203 | 104 | 199 | 1274 | 459 | 582 | 233 | 1002 | 107 | 272 | 140 | 126 | 257 | 391 | 386 | 240 |
No electrical wiring | 65 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 65 | 18 | 19 | 28 | 20 | 0 | 45 | 16 | 28 | 3 | 19 | 25 | 18 |
Exposed wiring | 300 | 25 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 22 | 21 | 86 | 30 | 47 | 300 | 98 | 138 | 64 | 212 | 16 | 89 | 41 | 48 | 52 | 40 | 130 | 79 |
Rooms without electric outlets | 706 | 33 | 55 | 56 | 63 | 76 | 56 | 167 | 69 | 115 | 706 | 179 | 338 | 189 | 458 | 45 | 248 | 104 | 144 | 136 | 173 | 275 | 122 |
Water Leakage During Last 12 Months No leakage from inside structure |
65675 | 4407 | 5294 | 759 | 1411 | 5576 | 4322 | 16481 | 5120 | 6060 | 65675 | 15133 | 35854 | 14688 | 44663 | 4347 | 21013 | 10439 | 10342 | 11785 | 16488 | 24225 | 13177 |
With leakage from inside structure@1 | 5649 | 248 | 652 | 178 | 529 | 641 | 372 | 794 | 544 | 506 | 5649 | 1467 | 3057 | 1125 | 4166 | 455 | 1483 | 801 | 670 | 1054 | 1337 | 2090 | 1168 |
Fixtures backed up or overflowed | 1757 | 67 | 167 | 65 | 199 | 236 | 120 | 205 | 201 | 159 | 1757 | 504 | 918 | 335 | 1400 | 171 | 357 | 191 | 164 | 310 | 403 | 619 | 425 |
Pipes leaked | 2291 | 121 | 315 | 80 | 250 | 277 | 164 | 329 | 227 | 251 | 2291 | 578 | 1147 | 567 | 1598 | 215 | 693 | 341 | 352 | 505 | 509 | 795 | 483 |
Broken water heater | 679 | 11 | 125 | 19 | 70 | 65 | 38 | 94 | 30 | 58 | 679 | 154 | 373 | 152 | 460 | 54 | 219 | 111 | 98 | 114 | 158 | 304 | 103 |
Other or unknown (includes not reported) |
1379 | 63 | 143 | 43 | 77 | 133 | 96 | 221 | 154 | 117 | 1379 | 376 | 802 | 201 | 1060 | 90 | 319 | 207 | 112 | 208 | 350 | 537 | 285 |
Interior leakage not reported | 940 | 35 | 54 | 11 | 70 | 101 | 37 | 238 | 59 | 147 | 940 | 269 | 509 | 162 | 672 | 40 | 268 | 144 | 122 | 148 | 224 | 400 | 169 |
No leakage from outside structure |
62241 | 4309 | 5281 | 730 | 1238 | 5335 | 4145 | 15642 | 4995 | 5776 | 62241 | 14261 | 34161 | 13819 | 42499 | 4125 | 19742 | 9818 | 9694 | 10777 | 14568 | 23725 | 13171 |
With leakage from outside structure@1 | 9086 | 346 | 666 | 208 | 702 | 882 | 552 | 1627 | 671 | 795 | 9086 | 2346 | 4751 | 1990 | 6321 | 668 | 2765 | 1428 | 1321 | 2064 | 3253 | 2597 | 1172 |
Roof | 4628 | 146 | 477 | 108 | 475 | 519 | 370 | 856 | 319 | 519 | 4628 | 1227 | 2354 | 1047 | 3202 | 369 | 1426 | 738 | 679 | 887 | 1263 | 1762 | 716 |
Basement | 3257 | 89 | 2 | 60 | 136 | 266 | 82 | 580 | 211 | 154 | 3257 | 827 | 1698 | 732 | 2275 | 249 | 982 | 499 | 483 | 1096 | 1688 | 353 | 119 |
Walls, closed windows, or doors | 1530 | 106 | 156 | 51 | 162 | 144 | 117 | 171 | 152 | 144 | 1530 | 436 | 815 | 279 | 1091 | 93 | 439 | 244 | 186 | 305 | 529 | 403 | 293 |
Other or unknown (includes not reported) |
847 | 31 | 106 | 33 | 60 | 75 | 67 | 157 | 88 | 80 | 847 | 211 | 485 | 152 | 605 | 36 | 242 | 122 | 115 | 133 | 245 | 287 | 182 |
Exterior leakage not reported | 937 | 35 | 54 | 11 | 70 | 101 | 33 | 244 | 56 | 143 | 937 | 262 | 509 | 166 | 680 | 48 | 257 | 138 | 118 | 145 | 227 | 393 | 171 |
Overall Opinion of Structure 1 (worst) |
143 | 4 | 42 | 16 | 23 | 25 | 5 | 49 | 14 | 48 | 143 | 38 | 63 | 43 | 72 | 0 | 71 | 22 | 43 | 24 | 25 | 65 | 30 |
2 | 109 | 6 | 46 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 30 | 109 | 20 | 54 | 35 | 47 | 4 | 62 | 31 | 31 | 15 | 30 | 39 | 25 |
3 | 249 | 15 | 70 | 16 | 41 | 21 | 16 | 35 | 29 | 61 | 249 | 58 | 106 | 85 | 144 | 19 | 105 | 39 | 66 | 50 | 54 | 101 | 44 |
4 | 423 | 11 | 108 | 20 | 52 | 22 | 27 | 86 | 29 | 101 | 423 | 117 | 162 | 144 | 242 | 45 | 181 | 73 | 99 | 47 | 131 | 176 | 68 |
5 | 2710 | 63 | 416 | 91 | 192 | 323 | 185 | 636 | 214 | 455 | 2710 | 781 | 1227 | 702 | 1812 | 219 | 898 | 413 | 482 | 464 | 680 | 1009 | 557 |
6 | 2857 | 111 | 385 | 64 | 134 | 329 | 189 | 518 | 207 | 294 | 2857 | 814 | 1380 | 663 | 2016 | 198 | 841 | 373 | 464 | 534 | 711 | 1079 | 532 |
7 | 8533 | 343 | 778 | 128 | 288 | 644 | 532 | 1412 | 647 | 659 | 8533 | 2239 | 4519 | 1775 | 6183 | 653 | 2350 | 1197 | 1123 | 1517 | 2233 | 2916 | 1867 |
8 | 20204 | 948 | 1348 | 229 | 499 | 1586 | 1301 | 4239 | 1564 | 1521 | 20204 | 4928 | 11031 | 4245 | 14313 | 1377 | 5891 | 2958 | 2868 | 3606 | 5215 | 7250 | 4132 |
9 | 11861 | 974 | 798 | 117 | 198 | 1028 | 706 | 2777 | 906 | 794 | 11861 | 2584 | 6824 | 2452 | 8328 | 761 | 3532 | 1799 | 1691 | 2142 | 2949 | 4231 | 2538 |
10 (best) | 22420 | 2033 | 1725 | 218 | 444 | 1991 | 1599 | 7108 | 1898 | 2435 | 22420 | 4628 | 12518 | 5275 | 14454 | 1411 | 7967 | 4023 | 3864 | 4091 | 5359 | 8692 | 4278 |
Not reported | 2757 | 182 | 285 | 47 | 108 | 330 | 167 | 636 | 207 | 317 | 2757 | 664 | 1538 | 556 | 1890 | 154 | 867 | 457 | 402 | 498 | 662 | 1156 | 442 |
Selected Physical Problems Severe physical problems@1 |
948 | 14 | 100 | 948 | 0 | 112 | 73 | 258 | 51 | 191 | 948 | 228 | 493 | 227 | 645 | 61 | 302 | 135 | 165 | 222 | 236 | 327 | 162 |
Plumbing | 670 | 0 | 71 | 670 | 0 | 77 | 48 | 219 | 41 | 128 | 670 | 159 | 356 | 155 | 455 | 41 | 216 | 102 | 114 | 170 | 164 | 239 | 98 |
Heating | 221 | 8 | 29 | 221 | 0 | 30 | 24 | 31 | 5 | 50 | 221 | 55 | 119 | 47 | 162 | 17 | 58 | 25 | 30 | 49 | 51 | 68 | 53 |
Electric | 57 | 10 | 7 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 57 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 47 | 10 | 37 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 18 |
Upkeep | 29 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 3 |
Hallways | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Moderate physical problems@1 |
2009 | 28 | 215 | 0 | 2009 | 453 | 278 | 497 | 158 | 428 | 2009 | 562 | 764 | 683 | 1253 | 225 | 756 | 298 | 458 | 226 | 306 | 1234 | 242 |
Plumbing | 96 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 96 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 96 | 17 | 46 | 32 | 56 | 7 | 40 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 28 | 43 | 15 |
Heating | 987 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 987 | 288 | 189 | 346 | 39 | 249 | 987 | 238 | 274 | 474 | 491 | 146 | 496 | 167 | 329 | 19 | 23 | 922 | 23 |
Upkeep | 684 | 9 | 114 | 0 | 684 | 123 | 66 | 82 | 63 | 134 | 684 | 232 | 289 | 164 | 506 | 63 | 179 | 78 | 100 | 104 | 195 | 233 | 153 |
Hallways | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Kitchen | 326 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 326 | 67 | 34 | 75 | 44 | 54 | 326 | 111 | 172 | 44 | 261 | 21 | 65 | 43 | 23 | 100 | 67 | 100 | 59 |