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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 5-22. Value by Selected Characteristics--Owner Occupied Units With Black 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		 6318 494 355 375 453 1029 975 1174 693 296 143 332 89307

Units in Structure

1, detached		 4934 200 233 287 306 825 832 998 583 257 126 286 94783
1, attached 560 54 28 30 36 97 80 81 91 28 15 19 88409
2 to 4 143 8 5 12 13 26 14 31 8 8 0 18 91137
5 to 9 24 2 0 0 0 8 1 8 1 0 0 3 103007
10 to 19 38 0 2 3 5 8 7 7 2 0 2 0 80815
20 to 49 22 2 2 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 57245
50 or more 41 2 3 6 0 6 5 5 5 2 0 6 91897
Manufactured/mobile home or trailer 557 225 81 36 84 52 33 43 3 0 0 0 36562

Year Structure Built@14

2000 to 2004		 170 9 17 0 0 9 19 37 29 15 14 21 142468
1995 to 1999 559 53 41 28 53 44 66 113 70 30 22 39 98370
1990 to 1994 365 30 8 9 43 46 52 64 40 19 13 40 97804
1985 to 1989 339 35 7 11 11 20 52 97 56 23 8 21 117826
1980 to 1984 316 40 11 11 13 46 47 86 41 13 0 8 95641
1975 to 1979 404 44 13 9 35 66 60 96 37 16 6 23 91756
1970 to 1974 558 33 30 31 37 126 94 95 54 28 11 20 84751
1960 to 1969 942 47 42 56 80 199 167 191 71 33 19 37 85649
1950 to 1959 883 38 43 61 46 172 158 169 101 46 15 33 90243
1940 to 1949 559 74 46 27 32 116 86 75 48 13 13 30 77334
1930 to 1939 475 42 32 49 55 57 83 59 56 20 6 16 80613
1920 to 1929 319 14 19 38 26 70 35 44 39 10 8 16 77928
1919 or earlier 428 35 46 45 22 58 56 48 51 29 9 28 82580
Median 1965 1969 1958 1954 1965 1962 1964 1970 1967 1968 1970 1971 ...

Rooms

1 room		 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 90000
2 rooms 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 70000
3 rooms 65 17 5 6 5 11 7 9 5 1 0 0 60814
4 rooms 492 115 37 47 43 78 56 59 27 14 3 13 60809
5 rooms 1550 185 134 130 116 289 260 255 94 35 7 45 74542
6 rooms 2060 143 124 111 143 421 372 392 200 52 20 81 84738
7 rooms 1072 19 36 57 78 139 165 271 157 61 42 47 107732
8 rooms 558 5 12 17 41 58 62 119 104 49 31 60 135370
9 rooms 245 7 3 0 10 19 30 36 59 34 16 32 165505
10 rooms or more 271 4 3 7 18 11 20 33 47 49 24 55 191147

Bedrooms

None		 5 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 78705
1 95 17 7 12 8 10 10 12 7 3 0 7 66297
2 1068 185 79 117 111 201 108 128 77 24 11 29 64199
3 3588 259 213 178 217 665 670 737 357 121 51 119 87793
4 or more 1562 34 55 69 116 149 185 297 252 148 81 177 129256

Complete Bathrooms

None		 49 14 2 0 0 5 10 11 7 0 0 0 86862
1 1976 264 185 248 180 407 209 234 129 49 14 58 65511
1 1/2 1408 58 66 66 107 289 298 250 163 56 22 33 87854
2 or more 2885 158 101 61 166 327 459 679 393 192 107 241 112482

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 4082 271 191 202 321 719 650 782 442 182 97 225 90338
Steam or hot water system 619 36 30 44 31 75 64 97 112 60 25 45 115562
Electric heat pump 678 52 41 45 35 83 137 172 65 24 5 20 92281
Built-in electric units 115 2 5 6 14 24 29 19 7 7 0 3 85267
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 251 14 26 22 11 35 31 35 32 12 13 19 91394
Room heaters with flue 130 17 14 12 15 28 26 4 8 0 0 5 64253
Room heaters without flue 303 81 38 30 18 45 12 42 18 8 2 9 51051
Portable electric heaters 67 9 5 6 6 11 20 4 0 0 0 5 72188
Stoves 39 6 2 5 0 7 2 8 5 3 0 2 79145
Fireplaces with inserts 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 0 0 134491
Fireplaces without inserts 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 30000-
Other 10 0 3 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 50730
Cooking stove 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 81918
None 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 5750 403 300 329 375 964 896 1074 659 288 141 322 91252
Well serving 1 to 5 units 561 91 55 46 78 63 79 96 34 8 2 10 63493
Drilled 466 76 47 38 76 48 60 73 29 8 2 8 59453
Dug 86 13 8 8 2 15 14 22 2 0 0 2 76825
Not reported 9 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 92432
Other 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 114630

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 5308 332 272 298 320 880 844 1010 626 278 132 316 93068
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 1004 161 83 77 133 146 131 161 66 18 11 17 66747
Other 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 74231

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 6316 492 355 375 453 1029 975 1174 693 296 143 332 89332
Electricity 1833 154 83 98 173 308 351 360 165 62 13 65 85740
Piped gas 3598 228 207 206 227 570 541 664 420 194 107 234 93330
Bottled gas 379 61 38 26 32 68 35 56 36 10 5 11 69374
Fuel oil 363 18 14 29 16 64 37 62 58 27 18 20 102658
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 72 22 8 11 2 7 9 13 0 0 0 0 45708
Coal or coke 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 70000
Wood 59 8 4 5 0 9 2 18 8 3 0 2 101439
Solar energy 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 175000
Other 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 155610

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 6291 492 355 373 453 1026 961 1174 690 296 143 330 89326
Electricity 3078 206 143 164 220 555 544 667 284 115 41 138 89222
Piped gas 2850 219 176 183 199 423 379 457 365 170 94 183 91785
Bottled gas 360 66 36 25 33 48 38 50 38 10 8 9 68417
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Coal or coke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Wood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Other 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 175000

Persons

1 person		 1425 186 92 101 110 250 228 228 122 42 19 47 77896
2 persons 1740 139 77 108 136 314 283 314 186 55 24 104 86805
3 persons 1226 75 71 70 94 191 184 263 144 64 24 46 92175
4 persons 1050 63 63 42 31 139 164 205 130 83 35 95 105399
5 persons 522 16 31 31 63 88 68 99 67 26 16 16 89337
6 persons 209 6 13 20 9 19 32 39 26 16 16 14 107035
7 persons or more 145 9 8 2 10 27 15 26 18 10 8 11 100632

Household Composition by Age of
Householder

2-or-more-person households		 4893 309 263 274 343 778 747 946 571 254 124 285 92851
Married-couple families,
no nonrelatives		 2844 109 110 148 189 388 445 593 375 185 87 215 102740
Under 25 years 22 2 0 5 5 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 58745
25 to 29 years 74 6 6 6 3 11 22 6 10 0 3 0 84339
30 to 34 years 280 4 11 3 18 28 54 85 30 12 9 25 112407
35 to 44 years 749 30 15 20 25 70 138 191 109 55 34 61 119983
45 to 64 years 1262 42 46 73 108 178 178 227 174 100 35 100 101095
65 years and over 457 25 32 41 30 98 53 80 47 18 5 29 81287
Other male householder 433 42 34 26 9 78 71 95 44 12 9 13 87979
Under 45 years 184 21 15 7 0 35 19 53 20 8 3 3 94283
45 to 64 years 174 18 16 13 6 28 38 26 18 2 3 5 82804
65 years and over 75 3 2 6 3 14 14 16 6 1 3 6 93536
Other female householder 1616 158 119 100 145 313 230 258 152 57 28 57 78311
Under 45 years 722 101 59 52 53 135 106 103 55 15 11 30 74077
45 to 64 years 563 35 36 27 44 110 84 104 54 33 15 21 87113
65 years and over 331 21 24 20 48 69 40 51 42 8 3 5 75237
1-person households 1425 186 92 101 110 250 228 228 122 42 19 47 77896
Male householder 543 97 26 32 45 104 69 77 47 25 6 16 73968
Under 45 years 222 50 5 15 17 34 34 22 21 12 3 10 74302
45 to 64 years 203 23 16 12 14 49 25 31 22 9 3 0 74654
65 years and over 118 24 5 4 13 21 11 25 4 5 0 6 71823
Female householder 882 89 66 70 66 146 158 151 75 17 13 31 80631
Under 45 year 124 9 0 12 9 25 17 32 12 3 0 4 87403
45 to 64 years 360 32 23 29 26 77 70 49 31 6 5 12 78016
65 years and over 398 47 43 28 30 44 71 70 33 8 8 15 81753

Own Never Married Children Under
18 Years Old

No own children under 18 years		 4144 362 246 269 334 701 612 706 473 168 81 192 85219
With own children under 18 years 2174 132 108 106 119 327 363 468 220 128 62 140 96209
Under 6 years only 245 6 4 10 13 21 55 72 25 11 9 20 109875
1 175 0 4 10 8 21 47 52 7 9 3 15 99197
2 64 6 0 0 4 0 6 17 17 2 6 5 147271
3 or more 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 106003
6 to 17 years only 1515 115 89 79 100 237 246 295 131 103 35 84 91073
1 831 69 29 52 75 139 121 161 66 67 21 30 88407
2 512 41 38 20 22 70 101 104 48 25 0 42 92698
3 or more 173 6 22 7 3 28 24 30 18 11 14 12 97650
Both age groups 413 11 15 17 6 70 62 101 64 14 18 37 113275
2 190 7 7 4 3 29 29 49 30 6 7 20 117259
3 or more 223 4 8 13 3 41 33 51 34 8 11 17 109451

Income of Families and Primary
Individuals

Less than $5,000		 365 48 34 16 30 66 42 54 44 10 5 16 76393
$5,000 to $9,999 422 89 67 24 31 61 50 60 18 5 0 19 60419
$10,000 to $14,999 490 70 57 39 76 100 55 44 26 2 7 14 60627
$15,000 to $19,999 428 54 27 49 30 91 69 50 29 9 2 17 71747
$20,000 to $24,999 473 80 35 43 38 104 69 65 20 10 3 6 67599
$25,000 to $29,999 449 40 28 45 26 119 68 70 29 0 8 15 74283
$30,000 to $34,999 479 36 34 37 48 80 100 80 38 9 11 7 80931
$35,000 to $39,999 335 20 19 20 29 63 65 76 32 9 0 3 85182
$40,000 to $49,999 587 32 13 42 64 94 97 130 56 27 14 20 90122
$50,000 to $59,999 456 10 20 10 31 69 96 121 68 15 8 8 98249
$60,000 to $79,999 674 11 16 34 12 93 141 177 87 63 13 28 108744
$80,000 to $99,999 498 2 5 10 24 56 80 145 83 39 24 31 124940
$100,000 to $119,999 255 2 0 5 3 24 18 38 48 42 24 51 189032
$120,000 or more 407 0 0 0 11 10 25 65 115 58 24 98 190080
Median 35803 18728 18689 26770 29157 28880 37637 46778 58003 77065 80590 88965 ...

Monthly Housing Costs

Less than $100		 140 57 13 6 21 16 13 5 7 0 0 3 39972
$100 to $199 630 147 88 62 52 86 88 69 26 5 0 6 53357
$200 to $249 471 80 37 35 23 98 70 92 15 10 0 10 72182
$250 to $299 366 35 30 33 18 80 77 47 29 16 0 0 76440
$300 to $349 336 39 16 15 26 85 64 52 22 2 8 7 76921
$350 to $399 251 35 24 23 12 42 40 34 28 4 5 5 75284
$400 to $449 232 14 31 30 18 42 34 28 21 5 2 8 71342
$450 to $499 256 19 23 15 51 55 32 15 31 5 2 7 67203
$500 to $599 551 31 27 65 65 148 65 69 36 17 7 22 71940
$600 to $699 420 27 15 50 42 104 54 68 27 14 2 17 74664
$700 to $799 437 3 23 22 70 97 104 70 16 5 8 20 80643
$800 to $999 683 0 11 13 50 112 208 195 59 11 10 14 94939
$1,000 to $1,249 557 5 5 3 4 40 86 253 100 32 8 19 126533
$1,250 to $1,499 358 0 5 0 0 11 23 108 121 58 16 15 163042
$1,500 or more 631 3 5 4 0 13 17 71 155 112 73 179 221769
No cash rent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Median (excludes no cash rent) 586 226 328 421 507 506 608 840 1073 1346 1500+ 1500+ ...

Median Monthly Housing Costs for
Owners

Monthly costs including all mortgages
plus maintenance costs		 630 263 374 456 527 533 663 879 1124 1400 1500+ 1500+ ...
Monthly costs excluding second and
subsequent mortgages and maintenance
costs		 577 226 318 421 506 506 595 819 1037 1296 1500+ 1500+ ...

Monthly Housing Costs as Percent of
Current Income@3

Less than 5 percent		 329 42 19 5 18 44 50 72 48 10 3 17 94654
5 to 9 percent 912 81 50 80 83 175 161 137 67 46 7 24 78464
10 to 14 percent 995 111 57 75 49 162 167 183 90 59 22 20 85227
15 to 19 percent 842 50 36 46 88 117 138 175 98 29 20 46 92296
20 to 24 percent 719 45 24 51 27 111 100 135 99 35 35 58 100742
25 to 29 percent 528 31 39 36 30 84 86 106 58 29 4 26 90426
30 to 34 percent 414 14 19 15 33 55 69 102 46 13 24 24 100356
35 to 39 percent 261 15 17 8 5 43 45 43 46 20 2 18 99382
40 to 49 percent 332 21 12 15 17 84 41 47 35 17 8 36 88563
50 to 59 percent 202 10 26 5 17 27 29 45 17 7 4 15 91422
60 to 69 percent 130 21 19 6 5 14 24 20 7 8 3 3 79890
70 to 99 percent 203 11 13 8 44 26 20 27 25 9 5 13 78521
100 percent or more@4 321 30 21 20 22 63 32 55 38 11 7 23 83558
Zero or negative income 131 14 4 6 14 23 14 26 19 3 0 9 86488
No cash rent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Median (excludes 2 previous lines) 20.1 15.7 22.7 17.7 18.9 20.1 18.7 20.2 21.6 20.2 22.9 24.6 ...
Median (excludes 3 lines before medians) 19.1 14.6 20.5 16.7 18.3 18.7 18.1 19.3 20.7 19.3 22.4 23.6 ...

Monthly Payment for Principal
and Interest

One or more regular mortgages		 3934 161 158 216 288 621 606 808 496 232 118 229 97233
Less than $100 139 36 6 7 6 24 28 12 8 6 0 5 70877
$100 to $199 240 34 20 36 31 39 33 25 14 3 2 3 59780
$200 to $249 196 34 26 23 27 43 17 13 4 5 4 0 55686
$250 to $299 234 14 39 33 36 60 22 11 14 2 0 5 58906
$300 to $349 215 16 29 29 28 46 34 17 9 3 2 3 62991
$350 to $399 288 10 9 31 37 98 39 39 4 6 5 10 71640
$400 to $449 242 10 7 20 21 78 52 36 12 3 3 0 75909
$450 to $499 204 2 7 16 30 54 42 42 6 0 0 5 77184
$500 to $599 407 0 5 18 33 74 145 85 28 7 7 6 90079
$600 to $699 387 0 0 0 29 54 94 126 67 13 2 1 106484
$700 to $799 289 2 5 0 7 24 51 133 42 14 5 6 120591
$800 to $999 404 0 0 3 2 11 39 172 92 62 9 13 142601
$1,000 to $1,249 279 0 3 0 0 5 3 69 116 39 25 19 175841
$1,250 to $1,499 144 0 0 0 0 2 5 11 60 30 17 19 194245
$1,500 or more 265 3 2 1 0 7 2 17 20 39 38 135 300000+
Median 551 214 284 316 371 400 525 698 887 973 1201 1500+ ...

Average Monthly Cost Paid for
Real Estate Taxes

Less than $25		 1588 323 197 167 158 310 144 169 61 14 9 36 56776
$25 to $49 1078 121 101 105 127 207 213 118 65 11 3 7 68204
$50 to $74 893 20 21 56 88 257 172 175 63 25 10 5 80332
$75 to $99 636 6 15 16 31 106 157 171 78 25 15 17 98334
$100 to $149 892 7 8 14 31 84 188 326 139 61 10 25 117684
$150 to $199 448 13 5 5 13 38 47 102 106 55 21 42 150262
$200 or more 784 5 7 12 4 26 55 113 181 106 75 200 196860
Median 63 25- 25- 29 38 49 68 93 128 161 200+ 200+ ...

Purchase Price

Home purchased or built		 5823 403 327 341 397 961 883 1119 657 291 137 307 90932
Less than $10,000 420 128 65 33 34 43 32 46 19 6 2 12 45153
$10,000 to $19,999 762 113 56 65 78 164 98 86 64 16 9 13 68400
$20,000 to $29,999 572 64 70 59 46 100 75 80 52 10 0 14 69120
$30,000 to $39,999 523 28 75 77 50 120 77 49 19 17 5 5 65219
$40,000 to $49,999 398 0 36 30 60 113 73 54 18 11 3 3 73052
$50,000 to $59,999 424 9 0 12 70 141 88 56 34 2 3 8 77078
$60,000 to $69,999 347 0 3 10 17 106 85 77 33 11 0 5 88868
$70,000 to $79,999 329 0 0 0 0 53 117 108 31 7 5 8 98949
$80,000 to $99,999 484 8 0 3 8 18 139 209 69 16 2 10 115572
$100,000 to $119,999 198 2 0 0 0 12 9 113 44 14 0 3 133382
$120,000 to $149,999 310 2 5 0 0 5 8 123 116 33 9 8 154923
$150,000 to $199,999 271 3 0 0 0 4 5 8 103 83 25 40 207523
$200,000 to $249,999 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 28 37 30 270837
$250,000 to $299,999 72 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 52 300000+
$300,000 or more 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 54 300000+
Not reported 555 45 17 52 33 82 74 99 56 36 19 44 93506
Median 48991 14548 24804 27803 34747 41101 55617 75796 89029 135101 190362 206461 ...
Received as inheritance or gift 392 84 28 34 49 52 58 33 33 3 4 15 60480
Not reported 104 8 0 0 7 15 34 22 3 2 2 10 92779
@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