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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 1C-1. Introductory Characteristics--All Housing Units--Suburbs
[Numbers in thousands.  Consistent with the 1990 Census.  ... means not applicable or sample too small.  - means zero or rounds to zero.]
Year-round
Occupied
Vacant
Total
housing
units		 Sea-
sonal		 Total Total Owner Renter Total For
rent		 Rental
vacan-
cy rate		 For
sale
only		 Rent-
ed or
sold		 Occa-
sional
use/
URE		 Other
vacant		 New
con-
struc-
tion
4 years		 Manu-
fact-
ured/
mobile
homes

Total		 57983 982 57001 53574 39420 14153 3427 933 6.2 496 341 910 747 4063 4112

Units in Structure

1, detached		 38010 520 37490 35948 32647 3301 1542 133 3.8 331 185 442 451 2530 0
1, attached 4258 91 4167 3787 2144 1643 380 117 6.6 38 27 119 79 394 0
2 to 4 3287 41 3246 2992 521 2471 254 142 5.4 16 18 44 33 98 0
5 to 9 2550 27 2523 2309 340 1970 214 136 6.4 12 14 38 13 103 0
10 to 19 2692 27 2665 2387 331 2056 278 158 7.1 10 22 72 17 254 0
20 to 49 1619 30 1589 1354 225 1129 235 122 9.7 10 21 63 19 135 0
50 or more 1454 49 1405 1267 277 990 138 75 7.0 6 5 39 13 88 0
Manufactured/mobile home or trailer 4112 196 3917 3530 2936 595 386 50 7.8 72 50 93 121 462 4112

Cooperatives and Condominiums

Cooperatives		 230 21 210 177 114 63 33 4 5.7 5 2 16 5 8 64
Condominiums 3751 219 3532 3087 2370 717 445 61 7.8 63 37 243 41 341 14

Year Structure Built@14

2000 to 2004		 1898 25 1873 1616 1352 264 256 90 25.4 50 46 42 28 1898 169
1995 to 1999 5375 64 5311 4996 4155 841 316 99 10.5 48 37 77 55 2165 789
1990 to 1994 4281 80 4200 3994 3294 700 206 50 6.6 58 17 48 33 0 474
1985 to 1989 5547 73 5474 5177 3518 1660 297 116 6.5 33 25 90 32 0 384
1980 to 1984 4299 72 4227 3943 2656 1287 285 78 5.7 30 48 88 40 0 452
1975 to 1979 6183 102 6081 5695 4240 1455 386 90 5.8 39 35 147 75 0 633
1970 to 1974 5761 123 5638 5279 3670 1609 359 121 6.9 33 18 109 79 0 675
1960 to 1969 8099 155 7944 7568 5385 2184 376 104 4.5 41 30 99 101 0 435
1950 to 1959 6673 89 6584 6298 4941 1357 286 54 3.8 67 24 62 78 0 59
1940 to 1949 3223 84 3139 2938 2129 809 201 36 4.3 36 25 45 60 0 19
1930 to 1939 2029 32 1997 1849 1224 625 148 38 5.8 18 13 29 49 0 24
1920 to 1929 1591 23 1568 1461 982 479 108 20 4.0 14 12 37 24 0 0
1919 or earlier 3024 60 2964 2761 1875 886 203 36 3.9 29 9 37 93 0 0
Median 1973 1971 1973 1973 1974 1972 1975 1978 ... 1976 1980 1976 1966 1999 1982

Suitability for Year-Round Use@11

Built and heated for year-round use		 57750 749 57001 53574 39420 14153 3427 933 6.2 496 341 910 747 4060 4068
Not suitable 207 207 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 3 34
Not reported 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 11

Time Sharing

Vacant, including URE		 4409 982 3427 0 0 0 3427 933 91.5 496 341 910 747 477 582
Ownership time-shared 14 0 14 0 0 0 14 1 100.0 3 0 11 0 0 0
Not time-shared 4394 982 3413 0 0 0 3413 932 91.5 494 341 900 747 477 582

Duration of Vacancy

Vacant units		 3839 734 3105 0 0 0 3105 933 91.5 496 341 588 747 450 541
Less than 1 month vacant 687 80 607 0 0 0 607 275 88.3 80 72 98 81 79 71
1 month up to 2 months 247 28 219 0 0 0 219 131 91.3 24 18 22 24 19 20
2 months up to 6 months 926 224 702 0 0 0 702 219 93.2 118 76 136 153 67 149
6 months up to 1 year 322 54 267 0 0 0 267 64 96.2 51 19 61 72 27 54
1 year up to 2 years 216 16 199 0 0 0 199 29 100.0 59 35 21 56 17 39
2 years or more 499 99 400 0 0 0 400 35 77.6 41 32 84 209 8 94
Never occupied 232 72 159 0 0 0 159 51 100.0 36 32 19 22 141 9
Don't know 711 159 552 0 0 0 552 130 93.2 87 57 148 129 93 105

Last Used as a Permanent Residence

Vacant seasonal		 982 982 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 57 196
Less than 1 month since occupied
as permanent home		 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 6 8
1 month up to 2 months 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2 months up to 6 months 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 7 9
6 months up to 1 year 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1 year up to 2 years 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 5
2 years or more 183 183 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 3 42
Never occupied as permanent home 454 454 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 37 53
Don't know 207 207 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 3 76
Not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan Areas

Inside metropolitan statistical areas		 57983 982 57001 53574 39420 14153 3427 933 6.2 496 341 910 747 4063 4112
In central cities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Suburbs 57983 982 57001 53574 39420 14153 3427 933 6.2 496 341 910 747 4063 4112
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Regions

Northeast		 12495 209 12286 11765 8800 2965 522 104 3.4 64 39 184 131 357 396
Midwest 12115 132 11984 11321 8929 2392 663 207 7.9 126 80 83 168 748 639
South 20699 511 20187 18743 13959 4784 1445 371 7.2 217 120 437 299 2125 2347
West 12673 130 12544 11745 7732 4013 798 251 5.8 89 102 207 149 833 731

Urbanized Areas

Inside urbanized areas		 S S S S S S S S ... S S S S S S
In central cities of MSAs S S S S S S S S ... S S S S S S
Urban fringe S S S S S S S S ... S S S S S S
Outside urbanized areas S S S S S S S S ... S S S S S S
Other urban S S S S S S S S ... S S S S S S
Rural S S S S S S S S ... S S S S S S

Place Size

Less than 2,500 persons		 2599 92 2507 2372 1830 542 134 27 4.7 19 6 62 22 81 192
2,500 to 9,999 persons 9956 170 9786 9140 6678 2462 646 160 6.0 105 50 202 128 397 487
10,000 to 19,999 persons 7570 74 7496 7062 4926 2136 434 168 7.3 58 44 77 87 298 261
20,000 to 49,999 persons 10121 65 10056 9509 6399 3110 547 192 5.8 68 67 110 110 420 177
50,000 to 99,999 persons 5660 21 5639 5383 3425 1958 256 102 5.0 33 26 55 40 194 86
100,000 to 249,999 persons 2349 0 2349 2250 1352 898 99 46 4.9 10 12 10 22 88 50
250,000 to 499,999 persons 154 0 154 141 61 80 13 4 5.1 0 3 6 0 2 0
500,000 to 999,999 persons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,000,000 persons or more 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Homes Currently for Sale or Rent

Up for rent only		 1023 0 1023 42 42 0 982 893 100.0 0 0 88 0 147 43
Up for rent or for sale 75 0 75 29 29 0 46 40 100.0 0 0 6 0 8 9
For sale only 1120 0 1120 607 607 0 513 0 0.0 496 0 17 0 120 133
Not on the market 39955 0 39955 38068 38068 0 1887 0 0.0 0 341 799 747 3087 3068
Not reported 675 0 675 675 675 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 54 68

Reasons Extra Unit Owned@1

Extra units		 1865 954 910 0 0 0 910 0 0.0 0 0 910 0 137 278
Previous usual residence 257 60 198 0 0 0 198 0 0.0 0 0 198 0 9 37
Used for recreational purposes 965 607 358 0 0 0 358 0 0.0 0 0 358 0 91 125
Investment purposes 255 113 142 0 0 0 142 0 0.0 0 0 142 0 23 19
Unable to sell property 32 19 13 0 0 0 13 0 0.0 0 0 13 0 7 7
Inherited property 95 56 38 0 0 0 38 0 0.0 0 0 38 0 0 4
Other reasons 370 188 182 0 0 0 182 0 0.0 0 0 182 0 34 86
Not reported 133 41 92 0 0 0 92 0 0.0 0 0 92 0 6 11

Location of Extra Unit

Within 150 miles of current residence		 870 436 434 0 0 0 434 0 0.0 0 0 434 0 38 115
150 miles or more from current residence 775 432 343 0 0 0 343 0 0.0 0 0 343 0 80 132
Not reported 220 86 133 0 0 0 133 0 0.0 0 0 133 0 19 31

Nights Owner Spent at Extra Unit

0 to 2 nights		 360 152 207 0 0 0 207 0 0.0 0 0 207 0 25 70
3 to 7 nights 57 35 22 0 0 0 22 0 0.0 0 0 22 0 3 3
8 nights or more 1119 627 492 0 0 0 492 0 0.0 0 0 492 0 98 169
Not reported 329 140 189 0 0 0 189 0 0.0 0 0 189 0 11 36

Nights Owner Rented Extra Unit

0 to 2 nights		 1344 740 604 0 0 0 604 0 0.0 0 0 604 0 110 222
3 to 7 nights 14 7 7 0 0 0 7 0 0.0 0 0 7 0 0 2
8 nights or more 214 78 135 0 0 0 135 0 0.0 0 0 135 0 12 24
Not reported 294 130 164 0 0 0 164 0 0.0 0 0 164 0 16 31

Manufactured/Mobile Home Tiedowns

Manufactured/mobile homes		 4112 196 3917 3530 2936 595 386 50 7.8 72 50 93 121 462 4112
Anchored by tiedowns, bolts
or other means		 3071 126 2945 2719 2327 391 226 23 5.6 44 26 61 72 410 3071
Not anchored 624 40 585 498 424 74 87 16 18.0 9 10 17 34 40 624
Anchoring not reported 418 30 387 314 184 130 74 11 7.7 19 14 15 14 13 418

Manufactured/Mobile Home Set Up

Manufactured/mobile homes		 4112 196 3917 3530 2936 595 386 50 7.8 72 50 93 121 462 4112
Set on permanent masonry foundation 746 24 722 655 558 97 67 6 5.5 10 16 9 27 135 746
Resting on concrete pad 800 32 768 677 590 87 91 8 8.0 19 13 24 27 75 800
Up on blocks, but not on concrete pad 2207 108 2099 1919 1567 352 180 30 7.7 42 11 45 52 237 2207
Set up in some other way 227 7 220 194 171 23 25 4 15.2 2 8 6 5 15 227
Set up not reported 133 25 108 85 50 35 24 3 8.1 0 2 9 9 0 133
@14For manufactured/mobile homes, oldest category is 1939 or earlier.
@11If occupied year-round, assumed to be suitable for year-round use.
@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