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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 1C-2. Height and Condition of Building--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

Stories in Structure@18

1		 17927 365 17562 16436 12921 3515 1126 238 6.3 192 118 289 289 1090 0
2 19966 248 19719 18651 12996 5655 1068 323 5.4 136 99 308 202 1424 0
3 13126 86 13039 12383 9135 3248 656 256 7.3 83 66 146 105 988 0
4 to 6 2224 25 2199 2084 1275 809 115 40 4.6 7 6 41 21 56 0
7 or more 627 62 565 489 157 333 76 27 7.4 6 2 33 8 43 0

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 10317 168 10148 9185 1537 7648 963 539 6.5 46 74 225 79 634 0
None (on same floor) 3796 52 3744 3403 635 2768 341 190 6.4 21 29 69 32 257 0
1 (up or down) 2876 32 2844 2584 382 2202 259 141 6.0 12 25 61 21 109 0
2 or more (up or down) 3645 84 3561 3198 520 2678 363 209 7.2 12 20 95 26 269 0

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 10317 168 10148 9185 1537 7648 963 539 6.5 46 74 225 79 634 0
No common stairways 918 24 893 810 149 661 83 43 6.0 8 8 15 9 83 0
With common stairways 9237 144 9092 8219 1341 6878 874 494 6.7 34 67 210 70 547 0
No loose steps 8154 131 8024 7242 1210 6031 782 443 6.8 29 60 189 60 510 0
Railings not loose 6700 113 6588 5933 969 4964 655 379 7.0 21 56 164 36 436 0
Railings loose 1176 13 1163 1052 198 854 111 54 5.9 9 4 24 20 71 0
No railings 214 5 209 193 38 155 16 11 6.5 0 0 2 3 3 0
Status of railings not reported 64 0 64 64 5 59 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loose steps 1082 13 1069 977 131 846 92 50 5.6 4 6 21 10 36 0
Railings not loose 939 13 926 848 122 725 78 45 5.8 3 6 19 5 36 0
Railings loose 116 0 116 107 3 105 9 5 4.9 2 0 0 2 0 0
No railings 20 0 20 15 6 9 5 0 0.0 0 0 2 3 0 0
Status of railings not reported 7 0 7 7 0 7 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Status of stairways not reported 163 0 163 156 47 109 7 3 2.7 4 0 0 0 5 0

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 11603 175 11428 10309 1694 8615 1119 633 6.8 55 80 256 95 677 0
No public halls 1847 38 1809 1630 251 1379 179 120 8.0 15 10 20 13 93 0
No light fixtures in public halls 296 3 293 248 49 200 45 19 8.9 3 0 12 10 12 0
All in working order 8377 132 8245 7426 1235 6191 818 447 6.7 30 70 208 63 525 0
Some in working order 240 0 240 228 10 218 12 9 3.9 0 0 3 0 4 0
None in working order 586 0 586 546 98 448 40 26 5.5 3 0 9 2 38 0
Not reported 257 2 254 229 51 178 25 11 5.9 4 0 3 7 5 0

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 10317 168 10148 9185 1537 7648 963 539 6.5 46 74 225 79 634 0
With 1 or more elevators working 1645 85 1559 1397 404 994 162 65 6.2 13 6 63 15 101 0
With elevator, none in working condition 15 0 15 12 0 12 3 1 8.6 0 0 2 0 0 0
No elevator 8657 83 8574 7776 1133 6642 798 473 6.6 32 69 160 64 533 0
Units 3 or more floors from main entrance 594 0 594 516 34 481 78 60 11.0 0 4 10 5 75 0

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 42268 611 41657 39735 34791 4944 1922 250 4.8 369 211 561 531 2924 0
With basement under all of building 14143 63 14080 13584 12528 1057 496 36 3.2 117 59 112 172 859 0
With basement under part of building 4739 40 4699 4556 4271 285 143 13 4.4 23 15 40 51 166 0
With crawl space 9068 215 8853 8397 7220 1177 456 45 3.7 71 43 155 142 388 0
On concrete slab 13942 234 13708 12908 10558 2351 800 151 6.0 155 92 246 157 1477 0
Other 375 59 316 289 214 75 28 5 6.3 3 3 8 8 33 0

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 1302 45 1257 1086 712 374 172 32 7.8 18 25 11 85 28 213
Missing roofing material 2095 38 2057 1848 1217 632 209 39 5.8 20 26 24 100 45 191
Hole in roof 922 23 899 797 484 313 101 18 5.5 4 4 12 63 11 161
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 1504 38 1467 1281 718 563 186 36 5.9 30 24 17 79 30 161
Sloping outside walls 895 42 853 739 411 328 114 14 4.1 18 11 13 58 14 171
Boarded up windows 564 25 539 406 212 194 133 15 7.2 17 9 33 58 6 107
Broken windows 2109 38 2071 1851 1170 681 221 30 4.2 39 18 39 94 31 316
Bars on windows 1276 11 1265 1226 785 441 39 16 3.5 7 3 5 8 14 28
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 1317 24 1292 1188 755 433 104 13 2.9 9 20 13 48 32 80
None of the above 48426 830 47597 44886 33817 11069 2710 787 6.6 402 287 754 481 3851 3258
Not reported 1073 11 1063 1003 867 136 59 12 8.3 11 4 14 18 53 55

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 4112 196 3917 3530 2936 595 386 50 7.8 72 50 93 121 462 4112
First site 2636 101 2535 2303 2067 237 231 28 10.4 53 28 65 58 369 2636
Moved from another site 760 55 705 645 560 84 60 8 8.9 6 10 15 21 64 760
Don't know 404 40 364 274 154 120 90 14 10.5 13 12 8 42 25 404
Not reported 313 0 313 308 155 153 5 0 0.0 0 0 5 0 5 313
@18Figures exclude manufactured/mobile homes.
@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