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American Housing Survey for the United States: 1997


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Table 3-18. Square Footage by Household and Unit Size, Income, and Costs--Owner Occupied Units
[Numbers in thousands.  Consistent with the 1990 Census.  ... means not applicable or sample too small.  - means zero or rounds to zero.]
Size of occupied Detached 1-family homes and 1-family mobile homes
Characteristics
Total Less than 500
square feet		 500 to 999
square feet		 1000 to 1499
square feet		 1500 to 1999
square feet		 2000 to 2499
square feet		 2500 square
feet or more		 Not reported Median

Total		 59002 489 5490 12886 12598 9526 13107 4908 1824

Persons

1 person		 10602 170 1767 2808 2079 1323 1436 1019 1511
2 persons 20864 141 1817 4650 4754 3437 4429 1636 1816
3 persons 10260 72 823 2284 2260 1627 2412 782 1845
4 persons 10508 55 639 1962 2186 1943 2829 893 1992
5 persons 4423 24 294 775 884 828 1267 351 2035
6 persons 1475 15 77 254 291 250 477 111 2090
7 persons or more 870 13 72 153 144 117 255 115 1982
Median 2.4 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.4 ...

Rooms

1 room		 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1250
2 rooms 71 22 17 7 7 0 7 11 735
3 rooms 617 92 247 80 40 26 26 107 831
4 rooms 5275 155 2084 1489 584 248 214 501 1049
5 rooms 13165 109 1966 5132 2697 1169 915 1177 1381
6 rooms 14925 58 776 4011 4406 2337 2180 1157 1731
7 rooms 11199 18 258 1489 3169 2751 2695 819 2046
8 rooms 7394 18 109 450 1221 1982 3035 579 2405
9 rooms 3748 7 17 143 334 724 2220 302 2500+
10 rooms or more 2607 10 17 81 140 289 1814 256 2500+
Median 6.2 4.3 4.7 5.4 6.2 6.9 7.7 6.1 ...

Bedrooms

None		 31 0 0 5 5 10 0 11 1985
1 1114 123 366 214 135 49 73 153 987
2 11339 183 2843 3432 1911 1019 920 1031 1310
3 31557 140 2033 8105 8269 5088 5481 2442 1758
4 or more 14961 44 247 1130 2277 3359 6633 1271 2468
Median 3.0 2.2 2.3 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.6 3.0 ...

Complete Bathrooms

None		 289 27 55 36 40 36 54 42 1572
1 17455 302 3743 5318 2905 1872 1738 1577 1366
1 and one-half 10397 37 635 2431 2529 1827 2085 852 1829
2 or more 30862 123 1057 5100 7124 5790 9230 2436 2069

Lot Size@9

Less than one-eighth acre		 6847 98 1126 1774 1428 873 825 723 1522
One-eighth up to one-quarter acre 15547 147 1443 3778 3748 2484 2678 1269 1736
One-quarter up to one-half acre 12120 58 811 2460 2660 2194 3028 909 1927
One-half up to one acre 7760 47 551 1476 1562 1247 2263 615 1979
1 up to 5 acres 11252 80 1055 2334 2124 1874 2890 895 1902
5 up to 10 acres 1776 17 179 350 348 248 446 187 1856
10 acres or more 3177 36 285 630 612 529 836 250 1919
Median 0.39 0.25 0.30 0.34 0.35 0.41 0.50 0.37 ...

Income of Families and Primary
Individuals

Less than $5,000		 2713 45 400 686 485 305 525 269 1594
$5,000 to $9,999 3337 75 740 949 565 355 304 348 1357
$10,000 to $14,999 3868 75 667 1111 712 422 469 412 1443
$15,000 to $19,999 3639 60 628 1060 638 390 490 372 1445
$20,000 to $24,999 3607 54 510 988 786 443 498 328 1555
$25,000 to $29,999 3526 34 481 928 743 498 564 277 1621
$30,000 to $34,999 3634 31 399 1013 792 503 592 305 1640
$35,000 to $39,999 3242 21 251 910 724 499 544 292 1702
$40,000 to $49,999 6448 28 470 1573 1728 1056 1120 473 1765
$50,000 to $59,999 5352 27 330 1154 1279 947 1197 418 1873
$60,000 to $79,999 8212 23 369 1417 2095 1715 2048 545 1983
$80,000 to $99,999 4478 3 120 551 1001 984 1473 346 2198
$100,000 to $119,999 2522 3 38 236 466 578 1009 192 2365
$120,000 or more 4424 12 86 309 584 830 2272 332 2500+
Median 42999 19169 23026 33554 44943 53080 62429 37455 ...

Monthly Housing Costs

Less than $100		 1013 79 402 240 98 50 41 103 967
$100 to $199 7357 141 1476 2509 1422 593 599 616 1349
$200 to $249 4692 37 525 1322 1102 663 619 425 1613
$250 to $299 4396 41 400 1031 1073 740 783 328 1761
$300 to $349 3300 23 330 664 752 515 707 308 1818
$350 to $399 2976 20 321 596 531 552 666 290 1882
$400 to $449 2593 27 374 564 402 456 551 219 1775
$450 to $499 2230 17 259 471 423 349 506 205 1814
$500 to $599 4135 20 425 1081 770 617 872 349 1738
$600 to $699 3794 23 277 893 907 574 807 313 1801
$700 to $799 3398 10 207 818 845 590 692 235 1823
$800 to $999 5683 7 204 1230 1633 1006 1226 378 1871
$1,000 to $1,249 4675 7 111 673 1215 1064 1193 412 2058
$1,250 to $1,499 3163 22 84 337 619 724 1119 258 2269
$1,500 or more 5598 15 93 457 805 1032 2726 469 2500+
No cash rent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 500-
Median (excludes no cash rent) 522 233 292 407 564 639 758 490 ...

Median Monthly Housing Costs for
Owners

Monthly costs including all mortgages
plus maintenance costs		 558 263 315 433 597 684 811 521 ...
Monthly costs excluding second and
subsequent mortgages and maintenance
costs		 519 233 292 406 558 635 748 489 ...

Value

Less than $10,000		 1962 111 950 382 117 48 99 255 890
$10,000 to $19,999 1599 52 638 525 119 66 60 139 1038
$20,000 to $29,999 1912 55 549 653 273 118 75 188 1196
$30,000 to $39,999 2309 20 504 833 359 160 197 236 1307
$40,000 to $49,999 2680 46 432 941 509 250 267 236 1395
$50,000 to $59,999 3119 10 428 1103 639 326 351 262 1449
$60,000 to $69,999 3762 19 413 1203 914 491 470 254 1565
$70,000 to $79,999 4103 25 322 1246 1033 564 551 361 1634
$80,000 to $99,999 8054 50 476 2013 2321 1305 1270 619 1753
$100,000 to $119,999 5876 32 217 1192 1540 1224 1183 489 1906
$120,000 to $149,999 7470 22 240 1231 1977 1612 1843 544 1998
$150,000 to $199,999 7414 26 205 951 1602 1663 2318 650 2179
$200,000 to $249,999 3470 9 46 275 567 807 1493 271 2434
$250,000 to $299,999 1877 3 36 152 285 377 883 140 2500+
$300,000 or more 3394 7 32 184 344 515 2048 264 2500+
Median 99999 41236 42404 76438 100204 123929 154058 96902 ...
@9Does not include condo/coop.

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