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American Housing Survey for the United States: 1999


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Table 1B-7. Financial Characteristics--All Housing Units--In Central Cities
[Numbers in thousands.  Consistent with the 1990 Census.  ... means not applicable or sample too small.  - means zero or rounds to zero.]
Year-round
Occupied
Vacant
Total
housing
units		 Sea-
sonal		 Total Total Owner Renter Total For
rent		 Rental
vacan-
cy rate		 For
sale
only		 Rent-
ed or
sold		 Occa-
sional
use/
URE		 Other
vacant		 New
con-
struc-
tion
4 years		 Mobile
homes

Total		 34456 199 34257 31131 15512 15619 3126 1239 7.3 232 191 639 825 998 416

Monthly Housing Costs@2

Less than $100		 481 0 481 472 245 226 9 9 3.9 0 0 0 0 4 4
$100 to $199 2149 0 2149 2132 1401 731 17 17 2.2 0 0 0 0 29 40
$200 to $249 1474 0 1474 1443 1135 308 30 30 8.9 0 0 0 0 16 4
$250 to $299 1652 0 1652 1584 1109 475 68 68 12.5 0 0 0 0 21 31
$300 to $349 1605 0 1605 1538 893 646 67 67 9.4 0 0 0 0 9 41
$350 to $399 1729 0 1729 1596 738 858 133 133 13.4 0 0 0 0 29 39
$400 to $449 1795 0 1795 1696 611 1085 99 99 8.4 0 0 0 0 15 36
$450 to $499 1946 0 1946 1818 514 1304 129 129 9.0 0 0 0 0 17 25
$500 to $599 3952 0 3952 3768 1065 2704 183 183 6.3 0 0 0 0 68 57
$600 to $699 3336 0 3336 3200 1058 2142 136 136 6.0 0 0 0 0 85 28
$700 to $799 2642 0 2642 2551 965 1586 91 91 5.4 0 0 0 0 107 12
$800 to $999 3361 0 3361 3265 1761 1505 96 96 6.0 0 0 0 0 184 23
$1,000 to $1,249 2279 0 2279 2259 1436 822 20 20 2.4 0 0 0 0 121 9
$1,250 to $1,499 1291 0 1291 1261 932 329 30 30 8.4 0 0 0 0 83 5
$1,500 or more 2075 0 2075 2034 1649 385 41 41 9.7 0 0 0 0 140 0
Depends on occupant's income 90 0 90 0 0 0 90 90 100.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
No cash rent 513 0 513 513 0 513 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Median (excludes no cash rent) 577 0 577 580 604 571 512 512 433.2 0 0 0 0 870 425

Median Monthly Housing Costs for
Owners

Monthly costs including all mortgages
plus maintenance costs		 648 0 648 648 648 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 968 440
Monthly costs excluding second and
subsequent mortgages and maintenance
costs		 600 0 600 600 600 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 955 422

Rent Reductions

No subsidy		 13252 0 13252 12037 0 12037 1215 962 7.4 0 84 169 0 301 82
Rent control 781 0 781 754 0 754 27 24 3.0 0 0 3 0 5 0
No rent control 12421 0 12421 11265 0 11265 1156 918 7.5 0 81 157 0 293 82
Reduced by owner 478 0 478 478 0 478 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Not reduced by owner 10735 0 10735 10735 0 10735 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 214 77
Owner reduction not reported 1208 0 1208 53 0 53 1156 918 87.0 0 81 157 0 69 5
Rent control not reported 50 0 50 18 0 18 32 20 49.0 0 3 9 0 2 0
Owned by public housing authority 1100 0 1100 1008 0 1008 92 86 7.8 0 0 6 0 3 0
Government subsidy 1119 0 1119 1044 0 1044 75 70 6.2 0 5 0 0 20 0
Other, income verification 1085 0 1085 1085 0 1085 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 64 0
Subsidy not reported 596 0 596 445 0 445 151 122 21.5 0 0 29 0 10 2

OWNER HOUSING UNITS

Total		 15846 0 15846 15512 15512 0 334 0 0.0 232 102 0 0 565 274

Average Monthly Cost Paid for
Real Estate Taxes

Less than $25		 2164 0 2164 2057 2057 0 107 0 0.0 70 37 0 0 106 182
$25 to $49 2173 0 2173 2122 2122 0 52 0 0.0 37 15 0 0 37 55
$50 to $74 2409 0 2409 2366 2366 0 42 0 0.0 32 10 0 0 69 14
$75 to $99 1891 0 1891 1862 1862 0 29 0 0.0 21 8 0 0 56 10
$100 to $149 2962 0 2962 2914 2914 0 49 0 0.0 31 18 0 0 104 5
$150 to $199 1642 0 1642 1622 1622 0 21 0 0.0 13 7 0 0 57 1
$200 or more 2605 0 2605 2570 2570 0 35 0 0.0 28 7 0 0 135 8
Median 91 0 91 91 91 0 55 0 0.0 57 49 0 0 107 19

Annual Taxes Paid per $1,000 Value

Less than $5		 2726 0 2726 2613 2613 0 113 0 0.0 65 48 0 0 131 70
$5 to $9 4621 0 4621 4541 4541 0 80 0 0.0 66 14 0 0 209 82
$10 to $14 3778 0 3778 3741 3741 0 37 0 0.0 30 7 0 0 110 54
$15 to $19 2046 0 2046 2010 2010 0 37 0 0.0 19 17 0 0 55 14
$20 to $24 1152 0 1152 1128 1128 0 24 0 0.0 17 7 0 0 34 15
$25 or more 1523 0 1523 1479 1479 0 44 0 0.0 35 9 0 0 26 39
Median 11 0 11 11 11 0 8 0 0.0 9 6 0 0 9 9

Condominium and Cooperative Fee

Fee paid by owners		 1229 0 1229 1167 1167 0 62 0 0.0 36 25 0 0 50 0
Less than $25 per month 13 0 13 12 12 0 1 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
$25 to $49 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
$50 to $74 36 0 36 35 35 0 1 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 3 0
$75 to $99 75 0 75 70 70 0 5 0 0.0 5 0 0 0 11 0
$100 to $149 197 0 197 193 193 0 4 0 0.0 3 1 0 0 14 0
$150 to $199 134 0 134 128 128 0 6 0 0.0 2 3 0 0 0 0
$200 or more per month 329 0 329 307 307 0 22 0 0.0 13 9 0 0 3 0
Not reported 430 0 430 408 408 0 22 0 0.0 11 12 0 0 15 0
Median 174 0 174 172 172 0 1225 0 0.0 198 2727 0 0 100 0

Other Housing Costs per Month

Homeowner association fee paid		 866 0 866 866 866 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 177 0
Median 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 28 0
Mobile home park fee paid 47 0 47 47 47 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 9 47
Median 61 0 61 61 61 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 63 61
Land rent fee paid 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Median 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Value@12

Less than $10,000		 183 0 183 173 173 0 10 0 0.0 7 3 0 0 6 66
$10,000 to $19,999 257 0 257 249 249 0 8 0 0.0 8 0 0 0 11 70
$20,000 to $29,999 365 0 365 348 348 0 18 0 0.0 13 5 0 0 5 32
$30,000 to $39,999 567 0 567 548 548 0 19 0 0.0 16 3 0 0 8 40
$40,000 to $49,999 751 0 751 726 726 0 24 0 0.0 21 3 0 0 11 16
$50,000 to $59,999 983 0 983 952 952 0 31 0 0.0 22 10 0 0 4 7
$60,000 to $69,999 1180 0 1180 1164 1164 0 16 0 0.0 9 7 0 0 20 8
$70,000 to $79,999 1237 0 1237 1225 1225 0 12 0 0.0 8 4 0 0 11 16
$80,000 to $99,999 2325 0 2325 2269 2269 0 56 0 0.0 36 20 0 0 59 0
$100,000 to $119,999 1493 0 1493 1465 1465 0 29 0 0.0 18 11 0 0 56 7
$120,000 to $149,999 1873 0 1873 1845 1845 0 28 0 0.0 20 7 0 0 74 2
$150,000 to $199,999 1802 0 1802 1771 1771 0 31 0 0.0 23 8 0 0 112 5
$200,000 to $249,999 983 0 983 975 975 0 8 0 0.0 7 1 0 0 56 5
$250,000 to $299,999 561 0 561 553 553 0 8 0 0.0 8 0 0 0 62 0
$300,000 or more 1285 0 1285 1250 1250 0 35 0 0.0 16 20 0 0 69 0
Median 101002 0 101002 101396 101396 0 90188 0 0.0 86601 96497 0 0 157558 20058

Other Activities on Property

Medical or commercial establishment		 224 0 224 216 216 0 7 0 0.0 7 0 0 0 0 0
Neither 15623 0 15623 15296 15296 0 327 0 0.0 225 102 0 0 565 274
@2Rent asked for vacant units.
@12Sales price for units that are for sale, purchase price for units sold but not yet occupied.

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