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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 1D-2. Height and Condition of Building--All Housing Units--Outside Metropolitan
Statistical Areas

(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		 25851 1897 23954 20789 15848 4941 3165 652 11.5 403 155 1138 817 1472 4072

Stories in Structure@18

1		 10066 909 9157 7783 5836 1947 1374 257 11.6 187 56 420 455 353 0
2 7395 439 6956 6184 4624 1560 772 177 10.0 74 42 314 165 345 0
3 3809 118 3691 3314 2591 724 376 97 11.4 48 28 147 57 175 0
4 to 6 442 14 428 345 213 132 83 13 8.7 9 4 51 6 23 0
7 or more 68 11 58 32 0 32 26 5 14.5 0 4 17 0 0 0

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 2172 106 2066 1575 112 1463 491 203 11.9 16 49 187 36 126 0
None (on same floor) 877 11 866 696 59 637 170 75 10.4 9 15 63 8 46 0
1 (up or down) 606 34 572 435 26 409 137 57 11.5 0 26 42 13 31 0
2 or more (up or down) 689 61 628 444 27 418 184 71 14.5 7 8 83 16 50 0

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 2172 106 2066 1575 112 1463 491 203 11.9 16 49 187 36 126 0
No common stairways 227 0 227 179 10 169 48 20 10.5 5 2 18 3 13 0
With common stairways 1903 105 1798 1360 93 1267 438 178 12.0 11 47 169 33 110 0
No loose steps 1755 99 1656 1255 88 1166 401 159 11.6 11 43 162 27 101 0
Railings not loose 1507 92 1415 1058 71 987 358 144 12.4 11 34 143 25 94 0
Railings loose 190 7 182 159 18 141 23 6 3.8 0 2 16 0 3 0
No railings 48 0 48 28 0 28 20 8 19.6 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 148 5 142 105 5 100 37 20 16.6 0 4 7 6 9 0
Railings not loose 125 5 120 88 5 83 32 15 15.7 0 4 7 6 9 0
Railings loose 21 0 21 18 0 18 3 3 15.0 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		 2893 125 2769 2159 141 2018 610 278 11.9 17 49 205 61 165 0
No public halls 692 9 683 564 41 524 119 70 11.8 7 4 35 4 38 0
No light fixtures in public halls 151 7 144 107 5 102 37 22 17.5 0 0 14 2 12 0
All in working order 1752 94 1658 1261 87 1174 397 151 11.1 11 45 136 54 101 0
Some in working order 43 1 41 38 0 38 4 0 0.0 0 0 4 0 0 0
None in working order 126 0 126 106 0 106 20 13 11.2 0 0 7 0 7 0
Not reported 130 14 116 83 8 74 34 21 22.4 0 0 10 2 6 0

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 2172 106 2066 1575 112 1463 491 203 11.9 16 49 187 36 126 0
With 1 or more elevators working 232 18 214 118 9 109 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 1937 88 1849 1455 100 1355 394 178 11.3 9 41 133 33 99 0
Units 3 or more floors from main entrance 79 11 68 47 0 47 21 7 13.6 0 0 11 2 0 0

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 18886 1366 17520 15499 13122 2377 2021 270 10.1 301 85 743 622 731 0
With basement under all of building 5269 220 5050 4739 4249 490 311 26 4.9 61 10 118 95 246 0
With basement under part of building 2619 86 2532 2339 2016 323 194 28 7.9 34 11 83 38 49 0
With crawl space 7339 570 6768 5734 4723 1011 1034 144 12.3 139 53 337 361 250 0
On concrete slab 3268 313 2955 2536 2014 523 419 70 11.8 60 7 176 105 183 0
Other 392 177 215 151 121 30 64 2 4.7 7 3 29 23 2 0

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 1081 132 949 685 437 248 265 44 14.6 35 24 28 134 18 243
Missing roofing material 1364 156 1207 869 568 300 339 50 14.2 30 17 64 177 22 177
Hole in roof 743 85 658 484 324 160 175 25 13.2 22 14 24 90 15 158
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 1163 126 1036 734 486 248 302 45 15.5 33 7 45 172 17 210
Sloping outside walls 791 116 675 482 306 176 194 35 16.3 26 17 19 96 25 199
Boarded up windows 559 84 475 271 150 121 204 33 21.1 16 9 17 129 9 131
Broken windows 1596 127 1469 1130 713 416 339 64 13.1 36 21 42 177 19 341
Bars on windows 181 5 177 171 139 32 5 3 9.4 0 0 2 0 0 19
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 1063 88 975 797 528 270 177 28 9.4 15 3 20 110 10 109
None of the above 20804 1500 19305 17029 13316 3713 2276 499 11.7 308 100 958 411 1368 3227
Not reported 445 18 427 378 329 49 48 2 3.3 6 3 9 28 30 114

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 4072 406 3666 3132 2585 547 534 104 15.9 85 21 190 134 576 4072
First site 2413 187 2226 1927 1750 177 299 59 24.6 48 19 131 41 426 2413
Moved from another site 936 120 816 679 586 92 137 35 27.4 15 0 31 56 118 936
Don't know 472 99 373 288 133 155 86 10 6.0 20 2 17 37 26 472
Not reported 250 0 250 238 115 123 12 0 0.0 2 0 10 0 6 250
@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