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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 3-22. Value by Selected Characteristics--Owner Occupied Units
[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		 72265 4836 1821 2355 2886 8044 8501 15615 10169 5743 3749 8546 124624

Units in Structure

1, detached		 59239 1335 1144 1686 2164 6591 7346 13600 9063 5127 3419 7765 134386
1, attached 3722 123 96 114 153 451 439 881 540 330 189 406 127558
2 to 4 1291 96 38 53 89 196 118 304 127 106 59 106 109015
5 to 9 503 26 0 11 27 59 106 95 66 27 34 53 112084
10 to 19 502 7 15 12 27 87 58 136 63 32 22 41 116300
20 to 49 391 13 7 18 24 70 52 65 45 39 5 53 108132
50 or more 615 19 5 14 40 61 65 104 108 55 22 122 149479
Manufactured/mobile home or trailer 6001 3216 516 447 362 527 317 430 158 28 0 0 30000-

Year Structure Built@14

2000 to 2004		 2094 144 58 35 24 130 98 380 415 267 198 345 171412
1995 to 1999 6378 478 179 174 177 437 458 1244 1058 677 496 1000 151970
1990 to 1994 5193 466 85 103 119 290 423 1133 907 596 348 722 149001
1985 to 1989 5330 403 87 159 118 274 509 1205 888 470 373 842 146225
1980 to 1984 4370 465 91 77 157 434 479 1055 632 338 195 447 122809
1975 to 1979 7449 622 112 149 214 701 907 1952 1121 589 350 732 126112
1970 to 1974 6419 649 141 140 215 707 771 1529 866 487 248 666 119167
1960 to 1969 9741 411 183 264 396 1208 1345 2343 1312 750 452 1076 122677
1950 to 1959 9068 321 171 353 435 1322 1312 1998 1167 611 435 941 115463
1940 to 1949 4775 245 205 236 288 831 645 840 529 274 177 504 98063
1930 to 1939 3403 175 163 221 226 524 450 536 370 207 146 386 97474
1920 to 1929 2850 164 99 156 188 451 349 508 293 161 140 343 101889
1919 or earlier 5195 292 245 288 330 734 754 892 611 315 192 542 98797
Median 1970 1976 1961 1957 1959 1961 1965 1972 1974 1975 1976 1973 ...

Rooms

1 room		 16 0 3 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 3 82925
2 rooms 87 22 3 3 11 26 3 11 2 2 3 2 63778
3 rooms 1029 257 60 53 81 154 119 139 67 35 14 50 68241
4 rooms 7169 1669 345 411 535 1097 801 1072 520 281 172 267 71394
5 rooms 17180 1799 701 872 928 2736 2539 3792 1736 823 431 822 92238
6 rooms 19205 748 471 650 777 2392 2884 4762 2843 1385 800 1492 117648
7 rooms 12841 229 162 274 370 1030 1348 3303 2360 1297 820 1650 145545
8 rooms 7736 49 51 52 117 370 455 1538 1581 994 747 1782 189096
9 rooms 3613 14 13 14 40 119 192 535 589 524 394 1179 227745
10 rooms or more 3388 48 13 26 28 115 158 461 470 402 369 1298 246616

Bedrooms

None		 45 2 6 0 0 14 8 8 2 0 3 3 81130
1 1801 375 74 100 166 270 190 261 130 83 31 120 73740
2 14717 2201 709 821 1037 2273 1738 2498 1398 786 466 790 83655
3 37815 2026 848 1180 1309 4534 5310 9473 5596 2852 1604 3084 119539
4 or more 17887 232 185 254 374 953 1256 3374 3042 2022 1646 4548 188052

Complete Bathrooms

None		 288 79 16 12 23 46 35 34 20 10 7 7 66397
1 18408 2285 955 1256 1418 3392 2580 3235 1556 682 388 660 79398
1 1/2 13062 598 240 350 578 1871 2105 3329 1841 906 483 762 111861
2 or more 40507 1874 611 738 867 2735 3780 9017 6752 4146 2871 7117 154684

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 47867 3258 1121 1462 1915 5494 5765 10444 6594 3692 2443 5679 123546
Steam or hot water system 7801 165 124 162 202 668 750 1492 1332 883 567 1457 162685
Electric heat pump 8099 467 135 241 248 847 1010 2152 1267 652 381 699 125580
Built-in electric units 2385 96 54 45 141 289 375 634 327 182 93 150 115231
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 2365 192 115 141 137 239 213 331 335 176 166 320 122018
Room heaters with flue 866 131 69 76 84 123 100 137 64 31 14 36 71734
Room heaters without flue 1019 287 96 133 68 132 75 114 48 23 8 34 49448
Portable electric heaters 390 87 38 37 35 60 49 29 25 2 6 21 59356
Stoves 917 116 47 31 33 134 109 187 117 52 34 57 97841
Fireplaces with inserts 121 2 5 2 3 17 14 28 25 8 7 9 130590
Fireplaces without inserts 49 4 2 0 0 2 8 11 5 8 0 9 135570
Other 163 12 13 15 10 17 19 24 12 15 9 16 93890
Cooking stove 74 10 1 8 0 10 8 12 2 7 8 7 96598
None 146 8 0 0 9 11 5 19 16 13 14 51 221309

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 60126 3722 1461 1957 2332 6709 7147 13134 8433 4733 3241 7256 125638
Well serving 1 to 5 units 11767 1058 357 384 542 1277 1303 2400 1693 998 494 1261 120055
Drilled 10520 924 319 353 450 1119 1125 2128 1562 918 465 1159 122828
Dug 892 104 33 18 63 113 117 199 93 54 20 80 99810
Not reported 355 30 6 14 29 44 62 74 38 27 9 22 97596
Other 372 56 3 13 12 58 51 80 43 12 15 28 97048

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 52502 2772 1240 1671 2020 5799 6308 11534 7502 4227 2873 6556 127920
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 19720 2051 581 682 863 2234 2187 4071 2667 1516 877 1990 115487
Other 43 12 0 2 2 11 5 10 0 0 0 0 68138

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 72118 4828 1821 2355 2877 8033 8495 15596 10154 5730 3735 8494 124524
Electricity 18866 1664 556 611 868 2194 2423 4456 2622 1257 749 1468 112546
Piped gas 39301 1755 840 1265 1451 4228 4479 8457 5703 3394 2330 5400 133306
Bottled gas 5122 872 206 190 263 664 592 863 537 335 187 413 92377
Fuel oil 6750 230 121 191 194 683 769 1407 1041 624 401 1089 142199
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 455 150 31 39 30 58 33 65 26 15 0 8 52247
Coal or coke 113 9 3 5 8 14 22 25 10 12 0 5 95949
Wood 1404 141 63 51 60 189 176 300 196 71 53 104 103643
Solar energy 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 7 2 251731
Other 90 8 0 3 5 2 2 24 13 20 8 5 155906

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 72150 4827 1819 2350 2882 8025 8483 15597 10160 5732 3746 8529 124649
Electricity 43915 2370 935 1244 1636 4946 5629 10606 6599 3396 2072 4481 124496
Piped gas 23966 1504 664 932 1024 2620 2399 4336 3131 2081 1544 3731 132755
Bottled gas 4215 946 216 174 217 450 453 642 424 250 130 313 84609
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 122407
Coal or coke 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 125000
Wood 25 6 0 0 4 8 0 7 0 0 0 0 66317
Other 18 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 6 2 0 4 178829

Persons

1 person		 15398 1654 553 587 906 2153 2023 3248 1748 831 525 1170 98253
2 persons 25448 1555 599 881 979 2825 3037 5637 3620 2057 1266 2994 125264
3 persons 11971 708 253 376 437 1306 1453 2624 1683 1019 666 1446 127671
4 persons 11762 555 230 299 271 1028 1239 2521 1946 1145 785 1743 144810
5 persons 5058 239 97 133 197 465 499 1089 734 492 323 790 141296
6 persons 1642 78 61 56 61 138 137 313 268 140 123 268 146352
7 persons or more 985 46 28 23 35 130 113 184 171 59 61 135 132063

Household Composition by Age of
Householder

2-or-more-person households		 56867 3182 1268 1768 1980 5891 6478 12367 8422 4912 3224 7376 131805
Married-couple families,
no nonrelatives		 44618 2059 824 1270 1410 4207 4843 9775 6916 4210 2791 6312 139364
Under 25 years 490 62 8 18 34 68 73 94 55 32 15 29 94774
25 to 29 years 2039 198 77 50 78 238 274 525 294 122 70 114 109988
30 to 34 years 3744 165 69 65 137 328 427 947 589 358 262 396 135904
35 to 44 years 11182 562 135 267 250 919 1124 2465 1842 1135 799 1683 147327
45 to 64 years 18681 664 341 510 536 1589 1967 3996 2944 1859 1188 3087 146711
65 years and over 8482 409 193 360 375 1064 976 1749 1192 704 457 1004 124713
Other male householder 4419 422 134 183 177 540 524 961 586 264 168 460 111924
Under 45 years 2377 239 66 110 98 318 267 564 286 137 87 205 107989
45 to 64 years 1505 125 54 48 50 171 193 295 199 102 66 201 118762
65 years and over 537 58 14 24 29 51 63 102 100 26 15 54 113887
Other female householder 7829 700 309 314 394 1145 1112 1630 920 437 265 603 98944
Under 45 years 3290 363 141 144 159 499 556 642 351 154 85 195 92177
45 to 64 years 2927 237 84 105 132 387 381 636 363 207 119 275 110821
65 years and over 1612 100 83 66 102 259 176 351 205 76 61 134 102977
1-person households 15398 1654 553 587 906 2153 2023 3248 1748 831 525 1170 98253
Male householder 5950 798 205 199 269 784 723 1223 633 352 242 522 99898
Under 45 years 2228 345 53 70 90 245 281 507 225 124 81 205 102821
45 to 64 years 2103 242 92 63 97 312 249 405 226 132 110 174 99693
65 years and over 1620 210 60 66 83 227 193 311 181 96 50 143 97048
Female householder 9448 856 348 388 636 1369 1299 2025 1115 479 284 648 97337
Under 45 year 1295 84 9 46 54 195 181 368 148 78 43 91 110798
45 to 64 years 2890 249 103 106 151 406 393 618 374 147 105 239 103018
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		 48565 3527 1340 1725 2202 5706 5881 10495 6605 3604 2244 5237 118584
With own children under 18 years 23699 1308 480 630 684 2338 2620 5120 3564 2139 1506 3309 137003
Under 6 years only 4537 279 61 79 132 461 532 994 679 406 297 616 136433
1 2740 171 51 56 96 316 354 626 381 223 159 307 125986
2 1558 107 10 17 30 121 164 323 259 159 119 248 151242
3 or more 238 0 0 6 6 24 14 45 39 24 19 62 181423
6 to 17 years only 14861 770 325 428 454 1498 1699 3159 2228 1356 910 2033 135700
1 7164 379 161 230 231 845 827 1568 1020 602 429 872 129006
2 5675 290 121 152 140 489 622 1160 904 585 347 863 144050
3 or more 2022 101 43 46 83 164 250 431 303 169 134 298 137586
Both age groups 4301 259 95 123 97 379 388 967 657 377 299 660 141846
2 2142 129 33 64 55 176 208 502 326 166 170 313 140332
3 or more 2159 130 61 59 41 203 180 465 332 211 129 347 143481

Income of Families and Primary
Individuals

Less than $5,000		 3284 362 120 116 167 403 447 596 393 215 135 330 102266
$5,000 to $9,999 2780 612 182 148 214 417 299 424 179 112 39 152 71190
$10,000 to $14,999 3792 565 224 219 340 619 470 649 329 146 62 170 77745
$15,000 to $19,999 3853 558 175 260 291 694 538 661 309 126 86 155 78533
$20,000 to $24,999 4036 577 168 212 251 684 586 738 380 165 95 180 84273
$25,000 to $29,999 4324 423 182 270 247 723 681 829 479 173 127 190 89326
$30,000 to $34,999 4430 357 204 223 238 669 665 940 475 248 170 239 95742
$35,000 to $39,999 3535 243 92 126 159 544 507 901 443 238 97 186 105380
$40,000 to $49,999 6708 411 194 251 270 903 1022 1773 858 420 227 380 108568
$50,000 to $59,999 6234 296 111 197 241 729 1013 1677 918 383 263 406 115802
$60,000 to $79,999 10105 262 88 173 241 833 1250 2796 1899 1000 580 984 139453
$80,000 to $99,999 6668 68 45 92 103 447 546 1768 1368 798 555 878 159686
$100,000 to $119,999 4133 34 15 37 29 219 218 869 812 578 431 891 189785
$120,000 or more 8386 69 22 31 95 161 259 995 1327 1139 883 3405 255387
Median 49094 22786 26134 29126 28651 33600 40551 51771 63392 72874 79791 100518 ...

Monthly Housing Costs

Less than $100		 995 407 81 58 91 140 77 85 18 12 3 23 41549
$100 to $199 6058 1191 415 480 537 1067 840 881 354 108 84 100 67610
$200 to $249 4448 513 257 233 304 765 689 931 419 149 66 122 84402
$250 to $299 4132 338 151 158 194 683 767 966 453 199 98 124 94134
$300 to $349 3749 379 80 95 190 523 502 920 534 211 127 188 105728
$350 to $399 3101 302 129 154 153 297 382 698 441 267 117 160 109564
$400 to $449 2570 344 100 136 121 296 201 473 410 213 101 175 109162
$450 to $499 2576 264 102 136 189 355 246 412 372 172 136 192 99650
$500 to $599 4856 413 172 364 370 887 543 688 513 289 203 413 88146
$600 to $699 4261 270 106 193 213 865 728 830 377 219 149 310 93299
$700 to $799 4110 132 56 114 214 685 935 1014 400 145 114 299 98247
$800 to $999 7813 133 96 156 199 918 1536 2719 1024 385 210 435 115945
$1,000 to $1,249 7214 59 29 48 51 305 667 2904 1628 728 283 511 142134
$1,250 to $1,499 5245 20 23 7 22 126 217 1327 1613 863 449 578 177281
$1,500 or more 11137 70 23 22 37 133 168 767 1613 1782 1608 4915 279676
No cash rent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Median (excludes no cash rent) 685 295 303 399 391 485 600 791 954 1172 1351 1500+ ...

Median Monthly Housing Costs for
Owners

Monthly costs including all mortgages
plus maintenance costs		 724 316 341 422 420 513 628 821 1005 1226 1394 1500+ ...
Monthly costs excluding second and
subsequent mortgages and maintenance
costs		 669 295 302 397 388 479 587 764 919 1136 1317 1500+ ...

Monthly Housing Costs as Percent of
Current Income@3

Less than 5 percent		 4906 456 162 165 220 517 509 999 706 372 224 575 121222
5 to 9 percent 11131 846 312 425 526 1382 1425 2308 1521 796 500 1091 114070
10 to 14 percent 12316 916 297 481 502 1421 1557 2749 1615 938 578 1263 117896
15 to 19 percent 10913 596 230 311 443 1217 1251 2578 1613 911 566 1196 127324
20 to 24 percent 8544 424 201 257 243 843 1042 1956 1428 628 505 1016 132260
25 to 29 percent 5932 334 145 154 220 636 630 1272 833 525 413 771 133318
30 to 34 percent 4181 197 89 117 122 463 563 896 596 370 247 520 130069
35 to 39 percent 2728 162 57 75 101 302 299 598 358 253 132 390 130691
40 to 49 percent 3160 233 65 89 119 341 313 700 485 262 155 400 130042
50 to 59 percent 1864 122 88 53 61 187 220 367 242 158 101 265 127451
60 to 69 percent 1057 73 31 46 57 122 99 175 119 91 54 190 128742
70 to 99 percent 1443 116 43 47 86 156 136 276 150 134 68 231 124825
100 percent or more@4 2533 203 56 81 104 248 250 444 342 183 131 491 136622
Zero or negative income 1555 156 45 54 83 209 208 296 161 123 74 146 103856
No cash rent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30000-
Median (excludes 2 previous lines) 18.2 16.0 17.5 16.2 16.7 17.4 17.6 18.1 18.6 18.8 19.7 20.3 ...
Median (excludes 3 lines before medians) 17.6 15.1 16.9 15.6 16.1 16.9 17.1 17.6 18.0 18.3 19.1 19.2 ...

Monthly Payment for Principal
and Interest

One or more regular mortgages		 43378 1647 748 1167 1380 4369 4950 9979 6633 3904 2608 5992 137214
Less than $100 954 189 30 46 42 127 100 150 91 51 48 80 88526
$100 to $199 1602 318 121 128 126 290 208 188 131 38 14 40 67489
$200 to $249 1416 259 105 109 120 242 176 208 101 36 19 42 69614
$250 to $299 1679 207 148 177 175 305 197 257 112 30 22 50 68690
$300 to $349 1986 192 114 191 192 429 305 299 117 60 33 53 74156
$350 to $399 2091 147 58 141 185 526 352 357 184 59 28 55 79569
$400 to $449 2194 63 57 94 150 533 429 488 194 68 47 71 89337
$450 to $499 2065 44 16 71 111 447 472 530 207 64 47 55 94536
$500 to $599 4583 63 33 97 117 686 1119 1447 544 257 90 129 106062
$600 to $699 4119 68 13 54 79 367 711 1608 663 236 133 189 123910
$700 to $799 3397 18 18 20 27 145 377 1476 688 321 142 166 137053
$800 to $999 5349 24 5 26 22 135 313 1815 1483 679 348 498 161262
$1,000 to $1,249 4792 14 18 3 20 47 100 799 1366 990 616 818 201389
$1,250 to $1,499 2702 15 0 0 5 29 41 183 526 598 495 811 246182
$1,500 or more 4449 26 12 11 10 61 49 174 225 418 525 2936 300000+
Median 675 264 289 332 359 424 521 666 838 1013 1134 1481 ...

Average Monthly Cost Paid for
Real Estate Taxes

Less than $25		 10458 3108 815 813 804 1527 1072 1244 471 226 99 279 56131
$25 to $49 9308 952 563 735 775 1896 1492 1622 651 273 148 200 77178
$50 to $74 9327 338 194 429 619 1690 1831 2382 939 371 214 321 95232
$75 to $99 7113 155 93 126 236 990 1217 2265 1080 401 251 299 116301
$100 to $149 12054 96 68 132 243 1111 1567 3978 2496 1097 556 710 135306
$150 to $199 7960 57 28 47 101 405 704 1942 1877 1182 680 938 168558
$200 or more 16046 129 59 73 108 425 618 2181 2657 2194 1801 5799 240366
Median 99 25- 29 37 45 58 73 103 138 171 194 200+ ...

Purchase Price

Home purchased or built		 68664 4352 1689 2169 2637 7591 8068 14933 9842 5560 3615 8208 126205
Less than $10,000 4121 1217 302 283 299 532 469 468 255 121 56 117 58638
$10,000 to $19,999 6340 1242 252 353 375 984 861 1150 554 232 138 199 79260
$20,000 to $29,999 5237 819 376 326 286 730 641 927 526 215 118 273 82559
$30,000 to $39,999 4764 321 413 449 375 833 654 757 413 191 126 232 79781
$40,000 to $49,999 4213 145 90 360 415 908 645 756 387 199 97 210 85836
$50,000 to $59,999 3925 67 38 52 371 1128 703 845 378 106 49 189 88714
$60,000 to $69,999 3786 47 20 39 114 924 925 976 326 159 76 181 96207
$70,000 to $79,999 3540 33 3 59 35 427 991 1127 440 173 96 157 109893
$80,000 to $99,999 6129 46 24 20 33 145 1214 2872 983 334 189 268 127539
$100,000 to $119,999 4216 21 9 14 21 103 95 2192 1054 305 147 255 142090
$120,000 to $149,999 5417 45 10 13 11 58 94 1487 2175 750 336 437 172757
$150,000 to $199,999 5577 33 7 5 17 58 66 167 1742 1753 845 885 219792
$200,000 to $249,999 2675 21 10 10 9 28 38 64 52 633 756 1055 281321
$250,000 to $299,999 1462 3 0 2 4 16 18 24 8 33 360 993 300000+
$300,000 or more 2538 20 5 3 2 19 29 64 40 38 29 2289 300000+
Not reported 4725 271 130 182 270 698 625 1056 511 316 197 470 108878
Median 68899 16633 25978 30701 35952 44054 56422 79392 107671 143388 166584 222153 ...
Received as inheritance or gift 2485 416 115 153 172 315 258 431 232 105 79 209 85561
Not reported 1116 68 17 33 77 138 175 251 95 77 55 129 109920
@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