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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 1C-2. Height and Condition of Building--All Housing Units--Suburbs

(Numbers in thousands)
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		 57584 976 56608 53207 39157 14050 3401 925 6.1 493 338 904 740 4063 4091

Stories in Structure@18

1		 17757 363 17394 16279 12804 3476 1115 235 6.3 191 117 286 286 1090 0
2 19828 247 19581 18520 12907 5613 1060 320 5.4 136 98 307 200 1423 0
3 13070 86 12984 12331 9098 3233 653 255 7.3 83 66 145 104 988 0
4 to 6 2216 25 2191 2077 1270 807 114 39 4.6 7 6 41 21 56 0
7 or more 624 61 562 487 156 331 75 27 7.4 6 2 33 8 43 0

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 10257 168 10089 9132 1528 7603 958 536 6.5 45 74 224 79 634 0
None (on same floor) 3775 52 3723 3384 632 2752 339 188 6.4 21 29 69 31 257 0
1 (up or down) 2858 32 2825 2567 380 2187 258 140 6.0 12 25 61 21 109 0
2 or more (up or down) 3625 84 3541 3180 517 2663 361 208 7.2 12 20 95 26 268 0

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 10257 168 10089 9132 1528 7603 958 536 6.5 45 74 224 79 634 0
No common stairways 913 24 889 806 148 658 83 43 6.0 8 8 15 9 83 0
With common stairways 9183 144 9039 8170 1334 6836 869 490 6.7 33 66 209 70 547 0
No loose steps 8108 130 7977 7200 1204 5996 778 440 6.8 29 60 189 59 510 0
Railings not loose 6662 112 6550 5899 964 4935 652 376 7.0 21 56 163 36 436 0
Railings loose 1169 13 1156 1046 197 849 110 54 6.0 9 4 24 20 71 0
No railings 213 5 208 192 38 154 16 11 6.4 0 0 2 3 3 0
Status of railings not reported 63 0 63 63 5 58 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loose steps 1075 13 1062 971 130 840 91 50 5.6 4 6 20 10 36 0
Railings not loose 933 13 920 842 122 720 78 45 5.8 2 6 19 5 36 0
Railings loose 116 0 116 107 3 104 9 5 4.8 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 161 0 161 155 46 109 7 3 2.6 4 0 0 0 5 0

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 11530 174 11355 10244 1684 8560 1111 628 6.8 55 79 255 94 677 0
No public halls 1834 38 1797 1619 250 1369 177 119 8.0 15 10 20 13 93 0
No light fixtures in public halls 293 3 290 246 48 198 44 19 8.8 3 0 12 10 12 0
All in working order 8328 132 8196 7382 1228 6154 814 444 6.7 30 69 208 62 525 0
Some in working order 239 0 239 226 10 217 12 9 3.9 0 0 3 0 4 0
None in working order 581 0 581 542 97 444 40 26 5.5 3 0 9 2 38 0
Not reported 255 2 253 228 51 177 25 11 5.9 4 0 2 7 5 0

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 10257 168 10089 9132 1528 7603 958 536 6.5 45 74 224 79 634 0
With 1 or more elevators working 1637 85 1551 1390 401 989 161 65 6.2 13 6 62 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 8606 83 8523 7729 1127 6602 793 470 6.6 32 68 160 63 533 0
Units 3 or more floors from main entrance 591 0 591 513 34 479 78 60 11.0 0 4 10 5 75 0

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 41964 608 41356 39450 34550 4900 1906 247 4.8 366 210 557 526 2923 0
With basement under all of building 14067 63 14004 13513 12463 1050 492 35 3.2 116 59 111 171 859 0
With basement under part of building 4707 40 4667 4526 4243 283 142 13 4.4 23 15 40 51 166 0
With crawl space 8969 213 8756 8304 7142 1162 452 45 3.7 70 42 154 141 388 0
On concrete slab 13847 233 13614 12821 10491 2330 794 149 6.0 154 91 244 155 1477 0
Other 373 58 314 287 212 74 28 5 6.3 3 3 8 8 33 0

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 1291 44 1247 1077 706 371 170 32 7.8 18 25 11 84 28 212
Missing roofing material 2077 38 2039 1833 1206 627 206 39 5.7 20 25 24 99 45 190
Hole in roof 914 23 891 791 480 311 100 18 5.5 4 4 12 62 11 160
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 1491 37 1454 1270 712 558 184 35 5.9 30 23 17 78 30 160
Sloping outside walls 888 42 846 733 408 325 113 14 4.1 18 11 12 58 14 170
Boarded up windows 559 25 534 402 210 192 131 15 7.2 17 9 33 58 6 106
Broken windows 2090 37 2052 1834 1159 675 218 29 4.2 39 18 39 93 31 314
Bars on windows 1261 11 1250 1212 777 436 38 16 3.5 7 2 5 8 14 28
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 1305 24 1281 1178 748 430 103 13 2.9 9 20 13 48 32 79
None of the above 48109 825 47283 44592 33601 10991 2691 781 6.6 400 285 749 477 3851 3242
Not reported 1066 11 1056 997 861 135 59 12 8.2 11 4 14 17 53 55

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 4091 194 3897 3513 2922 591 384 50 7.7 72 49 93 120 462 4091
First site 2623 100 2523 2293 2058 235 230 27 10.4 53 27 65 58 369 2623
Moved from another site 757 55 702 642 558 84 60 8 8.8 6 10 15 20 64 757
Don't know 400 39 361 272 152 120 89 14 10.5 13 12 8 42 25 400
Not reported 311 0 311 306 154 152 5 0 0.0 0 0 5 0 5 311
@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