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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 3-7. Additional Indicators of Housing Quality--Owner Occupied Units
[Numbers in thousands.  Consistent with the 1990 Census.  ... means not applicable or sample too small.  - means zero or rounds to zero.]
Housing unit characteristics
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
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@8Two or more units of any tenure in structure.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: February 18, 2005