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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 3-14. Value, Purchase Price, and Source of Down Payment--Owner Occupied Units
(Numbers in thousands)
Housing unit characteristics
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 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		 71708 4689 5974 940 1996 6286 4684 17385 5685 6667 71708 16703 39157 15848 49077 4792 22631 11329 11056 13007 17821 26651 14230

Value

Less than $10,000		 1601 98 1260 73 132 144 129 367 174 418 1601 163 715 722 598 128 1003 400 595 198 292 799 312
$10,000 to $19,999 1494 94 1103 28 157 118 104 387 164 259 1494 181 672 640 556 131 938 413 510 164 307 817 206
$20,000 to $29,999 1710 154 834 52 152 232 139 538 146 388 1710 355 641 714 753 156 957 380 558 241 395 863 211
$30,000 to $39,999 1810 133 514 40 137 353 168 583 145 331 1810 501 562 747 971 229 839 295 518 275 430 929 176
$40,000 to $49,999 2340 114 445 24 165 373 202 747 165 322 2340 647 750 944 1424 360 916 325 584 333 560 1229 219
$50,000 to $59,999 2866 101 361 49 114 451 212 1014 171 407 2866 850 1031 984 1743 301 1122 428 683 423 828 1383 231
$60,000 to $69,999 3734 141 267 59 120 509 275 1153 236 483 3734 1050 1485 1199 2415 422 1320 531 777 533 1178 1701 323
$70,000 to $79,999 4250 139 258 59 140 514 297 1199 303 458 4250 1113 1768 1369 2785 482 1465 572 887 668 1269 1972 342
$80,000 to $99,999 8434 258 317 105 185 970 500 2120 543 815 8434 2121 4027 2286 5744 770 2691 1163 1516 1296 2575 3691 872
$100,000 to $119,999 6461 305 376 106 124 549 418 1598 499 552 6461 1541 3533 1387 4410 422 2051 1068 965 963 1888 2706 904
$120,000 to $149,999 9035 555 52 88 165 619 556 1930 695 581 9035 2049 5362 1624 6522 538 2513 1394 1086 1659 2577 3185 1614
$150,000 to $199,999 10091 855 158 121 166 689 685 2255 880 619 10091 2097 6433 1560 7365 481 2725 1614 1079 1927 2631 3131 2401
$200,000 to $249,999 5699 524 28 61 74 294 346 1147 513 344 5699 1165 3810 724 4175 158 1523 941 566 1322 1278 1540 1559
$250,000 to $299,999 3719 429 0 30 40 142 237 713 374 179 3719 784 2587 348 2862 89 858 592 259 892 611 927 1288
$300,000 or more 8464 789 0 46 125 330 414 1636 676 511 8464 2087 5780 598 6754 125 1711 1215 473 2113 1002 1778 3571
Median 123830 164800 27474 96535 71543 89278 115018 107336 132746 86574 123830 117793 144586 85273 134442 84875 100631 121954 85475 145497 111407 99682 185505

Ratio of Value to Current Income

Less than 1.5		 18372 933 3919 288 714 1812 1163 2327 1303 446 18372 4065 8993 5314 11200 1464 7172 3208 3850 3101 5078 8037 2156
1.5 to 1.9 9778 746 486 85 208 824 579 1136 886 109 9778 2341 5394 2042 6832 696 2946 1572 1346 1814 2688 3779 1497
2.0 to 2.4 8034 660 204 81 155 662 495 1228 787 116 8034 1798 4734 1502 5669 453 2364 1299 1049 1424 2320 2861 1428
2.5 to 2.9 6451 571 206 84 159 596 458 1206 675 157 6451 1472 3730 1249 4673 436 1778 946 813 1061 1662 2345 1383
3.0 to 3.9 8491 630 354 107 181 714 633 2066 754 313 8491 2066 4912 1513 6165 483 2326 1278 1030 1580 2014 2650 2247
4.0 to 4.9 4770 331 167 52 100 351 323 1609 374 268 4770 1081 2830 860 3394 260 1377 761 600 924 1033 1564 1249
5.0 or more 14267 715 454 216 434 1198 937 7161 800 3773 14267 3526 7804 2937 10182 907 4085 2026 2030 2873 2749 4682 3963
Zero or negative income 1545 103 185 28 45 130 94 653 106 1485 1545 354 760 432 963 93 583 239 338 230 276 733 307
Median 2.4 2.5 1.1 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.6 4.3 2.4 34.1 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.1 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.5 2.2 2.2 3.2

Other Activities on Property

Medical or commercial establishment		 506 27 52 20 26 38 19 117 30 36 506 157 216 132 329 20 177 65 112 227 86 132 62
Neither 71203 4662 5922 920 1969 6249 4665 17268 5655 6631 71203 16546 38940 15716 48748 4773 22454 11264 10944 12780 17735 26519 14168

Year Unit Acquired

2000 to 2004		 8788 2446 1051 107 234 699 784 595 5352 609 8788 1994 5105 1689 6222 601 2566 1441 1087 1249 2006 3469 2064
1995 to 1999 20200 2242 2415 279 504 1839 1568 1975 146 1426 20200 4690 11399 4111 13740 1226 6459 3450 2885 3063 4927 7768 4442
1990 to 1994 11795 0 1015 160 296 905 854 1652 50 977 11795 2693 6562 2540 8132 727 3663 1813 1813 1889 3001 4491 2414
1985 to 1989 8222 0 620 90 235 668 471 1618 44 717 8222 1807 4637 1777 5689 524 2532 1266 1253 1662 2126 2870 1564
1980 to 1984 4569 0 380 34 168 357 245 1199 11 427 4569 1021 2453 1095 3011 328 1557 774 767 1026 1033 1719 790
1975 to 1979 5428 0 257 77 117 498 231 1789 22 582 5428 1270 2726 1433 3523 382 1905 852 1050 1029 1470 1925 1004
1970 to 1974 3815 0 170 38 115 444 168 1699 12 443 3815 881 1935 999 2475 287 1340 623 712 854 957 1409 595
1960 to 1969 4865 0 62 75 163 505 174 3419 15 736 4865 1263 2465 1137 3469 378 1397 629 759 1172 1255 1668 771
1950 to 1959 2776 0 3 41 94 250 127 2523 11 498 2776 761 1356 659 2000 209 776 327 449 695 740 924 418
1940 to 1949 855 0 0 29 48 72 46 722 12 161 855 190 370 295 543 91 312 106 204 240 212 297 106
1939 or earlier 395 0 0 10 21 50 15 194 10 92 395 132 148 115 271 38 124 47 77 128 94 111 63
Median 1992 2000+ 1995 1992 1990 1991 1995 1975 2000+ 1987 1992 1991 1992 1990 1992 1991 1991 1992 1990 1989 1991 1992 1993

First Time Owners

First home ever owned		 30985 1315 2400 567 1152 4144 2816 6129 2274 3150 30985 8468 16045 6472 21898 1942 9087 4444 4530 6952 7431 11194 5407
Not first home 39408 3257 3467 349 762 2010 1813 11030 3246 3312 39408 7894 22352 9163 26191 2784 13217 6712 6378 5829 10117 14860 8603
Not reported 1315 117 106 24 82 132 55 226 165 205 1315 342 760 213 988 66 327 173 147 225 273 596 221

Purchase Price

Home purchased or built		 68134 4550 5607 833 1735 5793 4514 16408 5395 5987 68134 15721 37526 14888 46805 4564 21329 10770 10324 12281 17124 25060 13670
Less than $10,000 4088 38 1028 108 353 418 289 2230 146 904 4088 776 1702 1610 2076 417 2012 808 1193 828 1028 1708 524
$10,000 to $19,999 6288 67 1072 103 301 757 390 3345 165 825 6288 1595 2789 1904 3964 541 2323 948 1363 1190 1737 2554 807
$20,000 to $29,999 5193 136 913 66 187 568 281 1960 125 586 5193 1209 2386 1598 3251 499 1942 818 1099 1015 1468 2036 675
$30,000 to $39,999 4723 135 746 58 160 520 246 1348 197 550 4723 1086 2133 1503 2816 461 1907 853 1043 799 1387 1880 657
$40,000 to $49,999 4178 166 519 39 92 396 287 963 182 396 4178 994 1923 1262 2606 381 1572 668 880 693 1170 1731 583
$50,000 to $59,999 3891 136 368 57 71 422 241 797 177 280 3891 1017 1770 1104 2630 436 1261 577 668 625 1214 1536 516
$60,000 to $69,999 3754 153 213 59 49 346 300 673 226 277 3754 983 1887 884 2593 285 1161 553 599 557 1015 1559 623
$70,000 to $79,999 3510 89 88 31 83 328 301 503 248 184 3510 864 1921 726 2610 277 901 443 449 480 939 1444 647
$80,000 to $99,999 6082 270 106 84 67 482 457 784 430 290 6082 1436 3660 985 4478 356 1604 967 630 1001 1644 2294 1143
$100,000 to $119,999 4185 328 45 40 63 197 292 537 462 190 4185 979 2731 475 3251 190 934 631 285 737 1020 1360 1069
$120,000 to $149,999 5381 580 15 44 59 309 412 585 635 205 5381 1183 3583 615 4164 190 1217 769 425 999 1233 1698 1450
$150,000 to $199,999 5540 854 28 51 87 270 422 571 780 198 5540 1206 3850 484 4307 149 1233 873 335 1069 1118 1609 1744
$200,000 to $249,999 2657 510 10 7 32 102 166 236 433 81 2657 520 1938 199 2032 65 625 472 134 542 463 704 948
$250,000 to $299,999 1451 248 0 8 5 72 88 133 248 34 1451 285 1054 112 1113 18 338 242 94 330 232 376 513
$300,000 or more 2518 449 0 5 18 55 83 209 412 131 2518 595 1783 140 2051 31 466 349 109 534 346 570 1067
Not reported 4695 389 457 75 109 553 258 1534 529 855 4695 993 2414 1289 2863 270 1832 797 1018 883 1108 1999 705
Median 68945 149000 25212 50944 28530 49022 73121 29501 123519 34535 68945 66983 85707 41465 77799 46027 49943 65668 39568 69877 60027 60541 105767
Received as inheritance or gift 2465 44 290 80 177 390 123 794 149 494 2465 687 1025 753 1471 172 995 410 581 518 481 1097 369
Not reported 1108 95 77 26 83 103 47 184 141 186 1108 295 606 208 801 56 308 150 151 207 216 494 191

Major Source of Down Payment

Home purchased or built		 68134 4550 5607 833 1735 5793 4514 16408 5395 5987 68134 15721 37526 14888 46805 4564 21329 10770 10324 12281 17124 25060 13670
Sale of previous home 21175 1832 1277 157 251 698 821 6038 1615 1443 21175 4102 12832 4240 14647 1384 6528 3598 2856 3280 5973 7237 4685
Savings or cash on hand 32607 1772 2688 442 890 3625 2818 7239 2456 2795 32607 8340 18016 6251 23425 1977 9182 4815 4274 6893 7655 11898 6160
Sale of other investment 648 37 23 7 2 26 30 138 83 59 648 138 367 143 432 56 216 121 87 94 156 187 210
Borrowing, other than mortgage on this
property		 2417 127 317 34 105 252 176 612 186 260 2417 569 1023 825 1495 231 922 310 594 432 672 903 409
Inheritance or gift 1660 98 93 44 70 112 74 256 135 161 1660 433 846 381 1189 129 471 213 252 336 402 529 393
Land where building built used for
financing		 510 74 55 0 19 53 37 114 14 54 510 58 253 199 170 24 339 162 175 96 95 270 49
Other 2737 221 431 39 104 302 199 510 259 327 2737 712 1284 741 1735 214 1002 464 527 333 711 1088 605
No down payment 4747 262 571 93 261 552 270 1114 401 649 4747 971 2020 1756 2617 468 2129 823 1288 528 1124 2228 867
Not reported 1635 128 152 18 33 175 89 387 247 238 1635 399 884 352 1096 82 539 265 270 289 336 719 291

How Acquired

First occupant in single
family unit built 1990 or later		 7655 3287 0 39 49 504 470 897 1073 428 7655 1189 5190 1276 4669 311 2986 1983 965 801 1739 3408 1707
Already built 2707 1216 0 4 20 251 199 320 428 151 2707 529 1894 284 1983 101 724 529 183 244 537 1104 822
Sales agreement 2005 968 0 10 4 149 150 191 328 73 2005 337 1549 120 1476 53 529 460 67 198 390 949 468
Contractor 1880 715 0 1 9 74 75 281 204 104 1880 235 1152 493 834 96 1046 628 397 229 558 853 239
Built it yourself 939 354 0 24 11 23 39 88 105 86 939 67 521 351 297 56 642 343 295 110 229 445 155
Received as inheritance or gift 19 9 0 0 1 3 1 6 0 1 19 6 6 7 10 0 9 2 7 0 6 11 2
Not reported 105 24 0 0 2 5 6 12 9 13 105 16 68 21 69 5 36 20 16 19 18 47 21

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