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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 1D-2. Height and Condition of Building--All Housing Units--Outside Metropolitan

[Numbers in thousands.  Consistent with the 1990 Census.  ... means not applicable or sample too small.  - means zero or rounds to zero.]
 Statistical Areas
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		 26058 1913 24145 20957 15975 4982 3188 657 11.5 406 156 1146 823 1471 4090

Stories in Structure@18

1		 10145 918 9227 7842 5880 1962 1385 258 11.6 189 56 424 458 352 0
2 7464 443 7021 6243 4669 1574 778 178 10.0 75 43 316 166 345 0
3 3847 119 3728 3348 2617 731 380 98 11.4 49 28 147 58 175 0
4 to 6 444 14 430 347 214 133 83 13 8.7 9 4 51 6 23 0
7 or more 68 11 58 32 0 32 26 5 14.4 0 4 17 0 0 0

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 2188 107 2082 1587 112 1475 495 205 11.9 16 49 189 36 126 0
None (on same floor) 883 11 872 701 59 641 171 76 10.4 9 15 63 8 46 0
1 (up or down) 612 34 578 439 26 413 139 57 11.6 0 26 42 13 31 0
2 or more (up or down) 693 61 632 447 27 421 185 72 14.6 7 8 83 16 50 0

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 2188 107 2082 1587 112 1475 495 205 11.9 16 49 189 36 126 0
No common stairways 229 0 229 180 10 171 48 20 10.5 5 2 19 3 13 0
With common stairways 1917 105 1812 1370 94 1276 442 180 12.1 11 47 170 33 110 0
No loose steps 1768 100 1669 1264 89 1175 404 160 11.6 11 43 163 27 101 0
Railings not loose 1518 92 1426 1066 71 995 360 146 12.4 11 34 144 26 94 0
Railings loose 191 8 184 160 18 142 23 6 3.8 0 2 16 0 3 0
No railings 49 0 49 28 0 28 21 9 19.5 0 7 3 2 3 0
Status of railings not reported 10 0 10 10 0 10 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loose steps 149 5 143 106 5 101 37 20 16.8 0 4 7 6 9 0
Railings not loose 126 5 121 88 5 83 33 16 15.9 0 4 7 6 9 0
Railings loose 21 0 21 18 0 18 3 3 15.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
No railings 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 100.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Status of railings not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Status of stairways not reported 42 1 41 36 8 28 5 5 14.3 0 0 0 0 3 0

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 2915 125 2789 2174 142 2032 615 280 11.9 17 49 206 61 165 0
No public halls 697 9 688 569 41 528 120 71 11.8 7 4 35 4 38 0
No light fixtures in public halls 152 7 145 108 5 103 37 22 17.4 0 0 14 2 12 0
All in working order 1765 94 1671 1271 88 1183 400 152 11.1 11 46 137 54 101 0
Some in working order 43 1 42 38 0 38 4 0 0.0 0 0 4 0 0 0
None in working order 127 0 127 106 0 106 21 14 11.3 0 0 7 0 7 0
Not reported 131 14 117 83 8 74 34 22 22.5 0 0 10 2 6 0

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 2188 107 2082 1587 112 1475 495 205 11.9 16 49 189 36 126 0
With 1 or more elevators working 234 18 216 119 9 110 97 25 18.6 7 8 55 2 28 0
With elevator, none in working condition 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
No elevator 1952 89 1864 1466 101 1365 398 180 11.3 9 42 134 34 99 0
Units 3 or more floors from main entrance 79 11 68 47 0 47 21 8 13.8 0 0 11 2 0 0

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 19054 1379 17675 15638 13238 2400 2037 272 10.1 304 86 749 627 730 0
With basement under all of building 5319 222 5098 4784 4288 496 314 26 4.9 62 11 119 96 246 0
With basement under part of building 2650 87 2563 2367 2040 327 196 28 7.9 34 12 83 38 49 0
With crawl space 7395 575 6820 5779 4760 1019 1041 145 12.3 140 53 339 363 250 0
On concrete slab 3294 318 2977 2554 2027 527 422 71 11.8 61 7 178 106 183 0
Other 394 177 217 152 122 31 64 2 4.7 7 3 29 23 2 0

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 1091 133 957 691 441 250 266 44 14.6 35 24 28 135 18 245
Missing roofing material 1376 158 1218 877 574 303 341 51 14.2 31 17 64 178 22 178
Hole in roof 750 86 665 488 327 161 176 25 13.2 22 14 24 91 15 160
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 1174 128 1047 742 491 250 305 46 15.4 33 7 46 174 17 211
Sloping outside walls 798 117 681 486 309 178 195 35 16.3 26 18 19 97 25 200
Boarded up windows 564 85 479 273 151 122 206 33 21.0 16 9 17 131 9 132
Broken windows 1611 128 1483 1141 720 421 342 64 13.0 36 21 42 178 19 343
Bars on windows 183 5 178 173 140 33 5 3 9.3 0 0 2 0 0 19
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 1076 89 986 807 534 273 179 28 9.3 15 3 21 111 10 109
None of the above 20965 1512 19453 17161 13419 3742 2292 503 11.7 310 101 964 414 1367 3240
Not reported 447 18 429 380 331 49 49 2 3.3 6 3 9 28 30 114

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 4090 409 3681 3145 2595 550 536 105 15.9 85 21 191 135 576 4090
First site 2421 188 2233 1933 1756 178 300 60 24.6 48 19 132 41 426 2421
Moved from another site 941 121 820 682 589 93 138 35 27.4 15 0 32 57 118 941
Don't know 476 99 377 290 134 156 86 10 6.0 20 2 17 37 26 476
Not reported 252 0 252 239 116 124 12 0 0.0 2 0 10 0 6 252
@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