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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 2-7. Additional Indicators of Housing Quality--Occupied Units
(Numbers in thousands)
Housing unit characteristics
Tenure
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 Owner Renter 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		 105435 71708 33727 5853 7184 2108 4503 13223 9720 21655 17007 14495 105435 31439 53207 20789 78482 7397 26953 13257 13393 20352 24446 37976 22662

Selected Amenities@1

Porch, deck, balcony, or patio		 88137 64970 23166 5036 6058 1360 3315 9906 7220 18100 13050 10724 88137 23756 46451 17930 64120 6205 24017 12030 11726 14622 20576 33495 19444
Telephone available 101920 69842 32077 5317 6868 1955 4299 12610 9316 21099 16058 13700 101920 30155 51599 20166 75777 7178 26143 12868 12988 19682 23770 36625 21843
Usable fireplace 34812 30826 3986 2829 1032 325 678 2394 1888 6547 4158 2249 34812 8187 21447 5177 25585 1574 9226 5488 3603 5357 7188 12213 10054
Separate dining room 49766 40279 9487 2983 1906 712 1596 5824 3526 9997 6083 4989 49766 14046 27091 8630 37580 3023 12186 6448 5606 10724 11553 18220 9270
With 2 or more living rooms or
recreation rooms, etc.		 30208 28076 2132 2138 942 255 630 2397 1467 6094 2826 1858 30208 6697 17990 5521 21826 1927 8383 4708 3594 5643 7661 10214 6689
Garage or carport included with home 63962 53317 10644 4041 1906 788 1611 4911 4982 14378 7619 5802 63962 16508 35353 12101 47591 4383 16371 8493 7717 9726 17158 19916 17162
Not included 41353 18302 23052 1812 5278 1320 2886 8294 4734 7239 9385 8666 41353 14895 17789 8669 30788 2999 10565 4752 5670 10559 7267 18030 5497
Off-street parking included 33531 15476 18055 1612 4636 896 2132 6223 3460 5727 7846 6687 33531 10019 15830 7682 24069 2662 9462 4313 5020 6901 6008 16029 4593
Off-street parking not reported 29 10 20 0 2 6 0 6 3 8 2 13 29 15 12 2 23 0 7 4 2 20 5 4 0
Garage or carport not reported 121 89 31 0 0 0 6 19 4 38 3 27 121 36 65 20 103 15 17 12 5 67 20 31 3

Cars and Trucks Available@1

No cars, trucks, or vans		 9287 2683 6604 159 488 555 896 2771 1303 3676 1800 3953 9287 5062 2877 1348 8122 656 1165 455 692 3429 1707 2755 1396
Other households without cars 11730 8208 3522 735 1341 205 610 847 1316 1477 2100 1450 11730 2953 5691 3086 7807 1002 3923 1798 2084 1453 2781 4752 2744
1 car with or without trucks or vans 51343 34392 16952 2849 3805 939 2079 6292 4437 12182 8604 7005 51343 14918 25489 10936 37802 3879 13541 6370 7057 8951 12245 19286 10861
2 cars 25665 20080 5585 1715 1237 319 754 2626 2087 3608 3845 1722 25665 6838 14576 4251 19314 1511 6351 3502 2740 5026 5967 8886 5786
3 or more cars 7410 6346 1064 395 313 91 164 688 577 713 658 365 7410 1667 4574 1169 5438 349 1972 1131 820 1492 1747 2297 1874
With cars, no trucks or vans 49657 31603 18053 2652 2692 878 1911 6905 4118 11696 9037 6550 49657 16098 26086 7472 40493 3241 9164 4806 4231 10481 11321 17139 10716
1 truck or van with or without cars 33492 26402 7090 2192 2702 512 1196 2778 3102 4929 4723 2957 33492 7766 17518 8208 22414 2574 11078 5346 5634 4801 8121 12980 7589
2 or more trucks or vans 13000 11020 1979 851 1302 163 500 770 1198 1354 1448 1035 13000 2513 6725 3762 7454 926 5545 2649 2836 1641 3297 5102 2960

Owner or Manager on Property

Rental, multiunit@8		 21153 0 21153 784 0 830 1689 4610 3388 3047 7258 4962 21153 10576 8560 2018 19940 1488 1213 649 529 5633 4315 6079 5127
Owner or manager lives on property 8303 0 8303 347 0 301 609 1538 1390 1104 3006 1724 8303 3913 3815 575 7882 438 421 278 137 1667 1394 2421 2822
Neither owner nor manager lives
on property		 12850 0 12850 437 0 528 1080 3073 1998 1943 4253 3237 12850 6663 4745 1442 12058 1050 792 371 392 3966 2921 3658 2304

Selected Deficiencies@1

Signs of rats in last 3 months		 1011 477 534 13 85 104 236 228 239 138 175 261 1011 492 420 100 871 40 141 74 60 202 66 411 332
Signs of mice in last 3 months 7029 4342 2688 186 790 288 663 1343 816 1056 1009 1353 7029 2456 2773 1801 4335 392 2694 1251 1409 1871 1686 2185 1287
Signs of rodents, not sure which kind
in last 3 months		 376 192 184 27 59 25 52 104 38 54 95 98 376 159 157 60 266 19 110 68 42 93 51 134 97
Holes in floors 1139 545 593 23 205 175 444 245 215 142 208 351 1139 478 394 267 855 94 284 110 173 276 234 386 243
Open cracks or holes (interior) 5647 2870 2777 169 475 379 1489 1149 806 630 967 1259 5647 2389 2197 1062 4433 407 1214 551 654 1155 1244 2020 1229
Broken plaster or peeling paint (interior) 2682 1261 1421 34 71 243 955 638 384 302 416 607 2682 1278 1005 398 2274 185 407 188 213 684 689 793 516
No electrical wiring 72 65 7 9 8 44 12 15 0 9 5 30 72 21 23 28 27 0 44 16 28 6 21 27 18
Exposed wiring 531 298 233 31 54 43 38 70 59 104 142 139 531 183 265 83 412 31 119 67 53 102 82 218 130
Rooms without electric outlets 1298 701 597 44 95 116 168 189 141 218 309 257 1298 419 589 290 962 106 336 152 184 290 272 455 279

Water Leakage During Last 12 Months

No leakage from inside structure		 94182 65170 29012 5476 6311 1617 3164 11317 8637 20289 14955 12703 94182 27504 47780 18899 69486 6560 24696 12075 12340 18101 22044 33772 20265
With leakage from inside structure@1 9906 5605 4302 328 793 476 1235 1698 1017 1087 1882 1532 9906 3471 4773 1662 7962 757 1944 1021 905 2016 2091 3643 2156
Fixtures backed up or overflowed 3030 1741 1289 90 203 156 468 573 308 279 600 447 3030 1096 1457 477 2532 241 498 254 236 582 638 1053 757
Pipes leaked 4406 2274 2131 147 392 245 606 839 513 478 912 798 4406 1626 1917 863 3507 386 899 418 477 1019 892 1503 992
Broken water heater 1037 675 362 17 146 51 129 148 73 124 103 113 1037 319 521 198 770 79 268 138 119 156 227 463 192
Other or unknown
(includes not reported)		 2316 1368 949 95 161 104 214 345 250 284 470 341 2316 815 1223 278 1907 138 409 269 141 437 506 931 441
Interior leakage not reported 1347 933 414 48 80 15 105 208 66 280 170 261 1347 464 655 228 1034 80 313 161 148 235 310 561 241

No leakage from outside structure		 91661 61768 29893 5396 6293 1656 3048 11419 8665 19480 15273 12697 91661 27131 46485 18045 68291 6375 23370 11418 11670 17263 20033 33730 20635
With leakage from outside structure@1 12432 9011 3421 409 813 435 1354 1609 987 1891 1559 1557 12432 3848 6067 2518 9147 934 3286 1685 1583 2856 4107 3695 1774
Roof 6378 4590 1787 166 576 240 848 931 593 991 747 958 6378 1968 3044 1366 4633 525 1745 895 842 1268 1646 2413 1051
Basement 3827 3229 598 98 5 80 205 379 111 616 341 245 3827 1043 1920 864 2719 312 1108 553 553 1278 1989 414 146
Walls, closed windows, or doors 2531 1517 1014 136 203 138 419 341 278 255 433 372 2531 932 1241 358 2015 138 516 289 220 536 778 722 495
Other or unknown
(includes not reported)		 1310 841 468 34 123 75 151 201 131 189 246 177 1310 469 636 204 1027 68 283 142 136 244 315 466 285
Exterior leakage not reported 1342 930 412 48 78 17 100 195 68 284 175 242 1342 460 655 227 1044 88 298 154 139 233 306 551 253

Overall Opinion of Structure

1 (worst)		 537 142 395 7 61 84 143 196 77 96 132 210 537 237 199 102 423 37 114 43 65 113 94 203 128
2 321 108 213 6 59 17 91 90 36 27 85 91 321 116 142 63 226 17 95 49 46 44 71 134 72
3 778 247 532 22 98 52 118 183 99 64 248 194 778 333 281 165 607 64 172 72 100 175 129 318 156
4 1224 418 806 13 133 85 165 199 169 130 280 285 1224 525 477 222 988 100 236 106 122 223 296 400 306
5 6044 2683 3361 104 567 297 608 1242 721 906 1370 1413 6044 2322 2551 1171 4713 460 1332 613 711 1280 1285 2118 1362
6 5556 2832 2724 157 491 182 369 875 598 675 1078 834 5556 1997 2523 1036 4431 416 1125 501 620 1099 1227 1957 1273
7 14573 8456 6117 535 963 311 711 1798 1338 1795 2856 1770 14573 5010 7040 2523 11601 1068 2972 1473 1455 2705 3393 4973 3501
8 28846 20035 8811 1315 1602 429 972 3198 2554 5304 4680 3259 28846 8667 14718 5461 21872 2002 6974 3442 3459 5498 6970 10082 6295
9 15507 11775 3732 1194 913 208 379 1664 1240 3320 2093 1570 15507 4094 8371 3043 11476 1084 4031 2026 1959 2942 3624 5552 3390
10 (best) 28233 22274 5959 2301 1964 373 768 3167 2602 8564 3653 4259 28233 6950 14970 6313 19287 1908 8945 4438 4404 5481 6506 10720 5525
Not reported 3816 2739 1077 199 332 68 180 612 285 774 533 611 3816 1189 1936 691 2860 240 956 494 451 793 851 1519 653

Selected Physical Problems

Severe physical problems@1		 2108 940 1168 21 116 2108 0 469 315 413 325 584 2108 847 892 369 1689 135 419 168 234 642 441 568 457
Plumbing 1364 665 699 6 79 1364 0 255 168 337 238 369 1364 488 613 263 1056 90 309 120 173 371 305 397 291
Heating 609 219 390 8 34 609 0 184 120 60 55 171 609 290 247 72 532 32 77 35 40 235 109 127 139
Electric 79 57 22 11 7 79 0 6 5 12 8 33 79 14 19 46 32 9 47 9 37 19 27 12 21
Upkeep 110 29 82 0 6 110 0 41 28 7 23 40 110 77 21 12 104 9 6 3 3 34 15 37 24
Hallways 7 0 7 0 0 7 0 4 3 3 0 3 7 3 4 0 5 0 2 2 0 3 0 4 0

Moderate physical problems@1		 4503 1996 2508 67 276 0 4503 1175 709 764 947 1192 4503 1829 1555 1119 3403 444 1100 424 675 763 731 2261 748
Plumbing 260 95 164 3 27 0 260 85 31 7 86 105 260 106 98 56 196 16 64 24 40 50 49 115 46
Heating 1506 983 523 0 113 0 1506 503 257 441 185 444 1506 452 373 681 863 248 642 208 432 31 32 1397 46
Upkeep 1440 677 763 15 137 0 1440 391 197 127 228 363 1440 643 515 282 1159 122 281 120 161 306 376 471 287
Hallways 98 6 92 6 0 0 98 26 32 0 39 33 98 63 30 5 98 5 0 0 0 19 29 30 19
Kitchen 1430 324 1106 46 15 0 1430 268 229 213 441 356 1430 687 589 155 1280 81 151 77 74 399 278 387 367
@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 the structure.
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@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