Occupied Housing Units--Financial Summary by Selected Characteristicsof the Householder statistics

[In thousands of units (97,693 represents 97,693,000), except as indicated. As of fall. Housing costs include real estate taxes, property insurance, utilities, fuel, water, garbage collection, and mortgage. Based on the American Housing Survey; see Appendix III]


	Total						HISPANIC				HOUSEHOLDS BELOW
CHARACTERISTIC	occu-		TENURE		BLACK		ORIGIN ¹		ELDERLY ²		POVERTY LEVEL
	pied
	units	Owner	Renter	Owner	Renter	Owner	Renter	Owner	Renter		Owner		Renter

1995
Total units ³	97,693	63,544	34,150	5,137	6,637	3,245	4,512	16,299	4,542		6,034		8,661

Monthly housing costs:
Less than $300	21,844	17,027	4,815	1,721	1,423	883	549	8,833	1,364		3,015		2,682
$300-$399	10,644	6,360	4,285	555	1,004	287	529	2,560	558		710		1,305
$400-$499	10,913	5,268	5,645	444	1,182	249	762	1,479	583		510		1,345
$500-$599	9,997	4,921	5,076	430	928	227	797	947	485		389		904
$600-$699	8,544	4,356	4,188	381	698	219	652	585	389		258		621
$700-$799	7,052	4,142	2,910	323	409	209	388	455	240		227		420
$800-$999	9,540	6,684	2,856	496	417	296	369	582	245		282		309
$1,000 or more	16,815	14,786	2,029	786	167	877	201	855	196		644		166
Median amount (dol.) ⁴	543	563	523	465	459	590	535	282	418		300		391

Monthly housing costs as per-
cent income: ⁵
Less than 5 percent	3,036	2,845	191	174	16	104	19	669	14		17		15
5-9 percent	10,508	9,570	938	677	121	455	88	2,749	67		88		55
10-14 percent	14,002	11,260	2,741	827	446	444	216	3,222	129		223		116
15-19 percent	14,673	10,637	4,035	755	727	470	424	2,382	192		296		194
20-24 percent	12,318	8,174	4,144	668	796	397	482	1,724	381		348		297
25-29 percent	9,519	5,523	3,996	405	758	293	517	1,196	556		319		578
30-34 percent	6,514	3,586	2,928	298	540	205	410	866	485		338		472
35-39 percent	4,703	2,402	2,301	227	421	164	370	662	325		262		418
40 percent or more	18,234	8,377	9,857	964	2,219	649	1,639	2,515	1,826		3,007		4,999
Median amount (percent)	22	19	29	20	31	21	34	18	38		52		62

Median monthly costs (dol.): ⁴
Electricity	63	69	48	71	52	64	44	59	40		62		46
Piped gas	38	42	29	46	35	29	25	41	26		38		30
Fuel oil	59	61	52	57	54	60	43	61	54		53		52

1997
Total units ³	99,487	65,487	34,000	5,457	6,628	3,646	4,867	16,493	4,413		6,619		9,108

Monthly housing costs:
Less than $300	23,439	18,889	4,550	1,845	1,399	1,016	616	8,788	1,205		3,497		2,533
$300-$399	10,744	6,936	3,808	572	864	263	531	2,679	470		805		1,248
$400-$499	10,312	5,368	4,945	455	1,055	247	751	1,534	536		563		1,311
$500-$599	9,939	4,612	5,327	530	982	242	869	912	515		418		1,089
$600-$699	8,615	4,251	4,365	377	721	277	705	677	438		304		797
$700-$799	6,955	3,792	3,162	325	469	216	495	403	268		219		469
$800-$999	9,535	6,402	3,133	490	449	396	455	468	231		238		457
$1,000 or more	17,777	15,237	2,540	863	262	987	219	1,034	297		575		347
Median amount (dol.) ⁴	542	534	549	464	480	620	549	287	453		285		426

Monthly housing costs as
percent income: ⁵
Less than 5 percent	4,790	4,433	357	340	56	192	48	760	44		23		14
5-9 percent	12,648	11,438	1,210	767	196	496	148	2,768	79		96		61
10-14 percent	14,146	11,246	2,900	786	486	477	282	3,023	157		235		89
15-19 percent	14,371	10,232	4,139	735	681	499	477	2,224	238		321		199
20-24 percent	11,650	7,556	4,095	577	792	379	516	1,582	337		328		328
25-29 percent	8,663	5,198	3,465	514	657	389	507	1,155	492		365		534
30-34 percent	6,232	3,486	2,746	344	523	236	492	918	349		383		488
35-39 percent	4,110	2,109	2,001	241	403	145	330	612	300		351		368
40 percent or more	18,527	8,652	9,876	993	2,156	766	1,712	2,993	1,833		3,434		5,229
Median amount (percent)	21	18	29	20	31	22	33	18	39	⁶	41	⁶	42

Median monthly costs (dol.): ⁴
Electricity	63	70	46	73	49	67	45	61	39		63		45
Piped gas	42	46	31	49	34	33	(⁷)	46	28		42		30
Fuel oil	63	66	49	67	44	79	(⁷)	64	52		59		44

1999
Total units ³	102,803	68,796	34,007	6,013	6,923	4,087	4,955	17,196	4,227		6,276		7,988

Monthly housing costs:
Less than $300	22,541	18,810	3,730	1,890	1,161	1,053	481	8,931	980		3,272		2,005
$300-$399	10,098	6,758	3,340	615	751	293	448	2,647	494		725		975
$400-$499	9,749	5,096	4,654	498	1,122	241	709	1,603	526		557		1,197
$500-$599	9,882	4,593	5,289	425	1,064	265	892	1,019	528		361		1,025
$600-$699	8,770	4,215	4,554	393	893	308	776	654	375		298		768
$700-$799	7,485	4,071	3,414	400	594	300	573	468	312		223		487
$800-$999	10,886	7,205	3,681	611	585	418	540	610	279		257		416
$1,000 or more	21,292	18,048	3,244	1,181	350	1,208	333	1,266	309		583		413
Median amount (dol.) ⁴	581	581	580	501	521	662	583	292	481		290		459

Monthly housing costs as
percent income: ⁵
Less than 5 percent	5,457	5,163	293	365	68	249	27	1,040	44		33		7
5-9 percent	13,195	11,992	1,203	931	212	614	120	3,213	85		103		59
10-14 percent	15,070	11,948	3,122	922	518	574	395	3,062	173		233		144
15-19 percent	15,333	11,108	4,226	833	708	595	575	2,353	271		280		179
20-24 percent	11,996	7,761	4,235	654	811	422	548	1,578	268		266		214
25-29 percent	9,066	5,503	3,562	516	718	394	530	1,170	455		380		432
30-34 percent	6,281	3,450	2,832	344	589	247	426	769	408		284		438
35-39 percent	4,495	2,428	2,067	285	435	198	367	697	281		303		383
40 percent or more	17,539	8,251	9,287	1,016	2,197	724	1,580	2,877	1,720		3,227		4,430
Median amount (percent)	20	17	28	19	31	20	31	17	38		37		64

Median monthly costs (dol.): ⁴
Electricity	60	67	45	72	49	63	42	60	38		59		44
Piped gas	40	43	28	47	33	33	25	43	28		42		29
Fuel oil	56	58	44	58	45	56	32	58	42		49		53

1 Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
2 Householders 65 years old and over.
3 Includes units with mortgage payment not reported and no cash rent not shown separately.
4 For explanation of median, see Guide to Tabular Presentation.
5 Money income before taxes.
6 Revised since originally published.
7 Less than $25.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Housing Reports, series H150/95RV, H150/97 and H150/99, American Housing Survey for the United States, biennial.

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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