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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 3-2. Height and Condition of Building--Owner Occupied Units
(Numbers in thousands)
Housing unit characteristics
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 New con-
struction
4 years		 Manu-
factured/
mobile
homes		 Severe Moderate Black Hispanic Elderly
(65 years
and over)		 Moved in
past year		 Below
poverty
level		 Total
occupied
units		 Central
cities		 Suburbs Outside
MSAs		 Total Outside
MSAs		 Total Suburbs Outside
MSAs		 Northeast Midwest South West

Total		 71708 4689 5974 940 1996 6286 4684 17385 5685 6667 71708 16703 39157 15848 49077 4792 22631 11329 11056 13007 17821 26651 14230

Stories in Structure@18

1		 25429 1330 0 340 1030 2666 2947 7224 1906 2941 25429 6790 12804 5836 18156 2063 7273 3426 3773 901 2958 14396 7175
2 22232 1548 0 233 388 1473 902 5134 1789 1568 22232 4700 12907 4624 15416 1405 6815 3548 3219 4343 7251 6169 4468
3 15308 836 0 212 285 1346 403 2953 1108 922 15308 3619 9098 2591 11290 852 4018 2256 1738 5859 5916 2353 1180
4 to 6 2301 47 0 53 60 210 128 544 137 165 2301 819 1270 213 2000 99 302 185 114 1167 593 360 181
7 or more 464 16 0 3 19 35 19 162 47 59 464 308 156 0 459 0 5 3 0 221 67 112 64

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 2984 138 0 71 154 237 225 961 309 249 2984 1343 1528 112 2832 69 152 97 43 1049 662 664 609
None (on same floor) 1131 65 0 20 62 79 97 315 137 73 1131 441 632 59 1050 31 82 45 28 389 251 233 258
1 (up or down) 721 27 0 23 34 58 47 233 69 57 721 315 380 26 685 17 36 27 9 241 176 138 167
2 or more (up or down) 1131 46 0 27 58 99 81 412 103 119 1131 588 517 27 1097 21 34 26 5 418 235 293 184

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 2984 138 0 71 154 237 225 961 309 249 2984 1343 1528 112 2832 69 152 97 43 1049 662 664 609
No common stairways 261 35 0 4 12 6 11 51 48 8 261 104 148 10 235 7 27 16 2 76 58 49 78
With common stairways 2629 93 0 64 136 207 211 885 255 226 2629 1202 1334 93 2512 55 117 76 38 939 587 601 502
No loose steps 2381 84 0 61 110 194 178 799 217 203 2381 1088 1204 88 2272 53 109 70 36 848 546 546 441
Railings not loose 1938 57 0 44 86 160 135 674 177 171 1938 904 964 71 1862 48 76 50 23 698 454 443 345
Railings loose 374 26 0 17 18 34 34 102 33 28 374 159 197 18 346 5 28 15 13 128 85 87 74
No railings 61 0 0 0 3 0 6 18 6 4 61 23 38 0 59 0 2 2 0 20 8 13 20
Status of railings not reported 7 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 0 0 7 2 5 0 5 0 3 3 0 3 0 2 2
Loose steps 249 10 0 2 26 13 34 86 39 23 249 113 130 5 241 3 8 6 2 90 41 56 61
Railings not loose 235 10 0 2 18 13 34 83 39 23 235 108 122 5 227 3 8 6 2 88 36 53 57
Railings loose 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0
No railings 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
Status of railings not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Status of stairways not reported 93 10 0 3 6 24 3 25 6 14 93 38 46 8 85 6 8 6 3 34 17 13 29

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 3283 144 0 71 180 266 274 1071 335 300 3283 1457 1684 141 3120 95 162 105 46 1074 694 813 702
No public halls 445 38 0 13 18 30 34 106 54 30 445 154 250 41 407 30 37 18 10 102 67 140 136
No light fixtures in public halls 76 0 0 2 8 0 5 27 10 7 76 23 48 5 71 3 5 2 2 21 10 19 26
All in working order 2479 83 0 45 134 200 209 862 246 232 2479 1164 1228 87 2379 56 100 66 31 874 557 586 462
Some in working order 20 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 3 0 20 10 10 0 20 0 0 0 0 4 8 0 8
None in working order 150 12 0 5 11 13 13 36 14 17 150 53 97 0 143 0 7 7 0 34 38 48 30
Not reported 112 10 0 3 10 22 10 37 9 13 112 53 51 8 99 6 13 11 3 39 14 20 39

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 2984 138 0 71 154 237 225 961 309 249 2984 1343 1528 112 2832 69 152 97 43 1049 662 664 609
With 1 or more elevators working 851 25 0 26 36 57 43 378 89 94 851 441 401 9 842 9 9 6 0 299 144 257 152
With elevator, none in working condition 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 4 2 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
No elevator 2128 113 0 45 114 180 180 583 220 153 2128 901 1127 100 1985 57 143 91 43 746 518 407 457
Units 3 or more floors from main entrance 84 10 0 5 8 7 7 14 8 4 84 50 34 0 84 0 0 0 0 38 27 13 6

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 62452 3634 0 770 1601 5464 4125 14947 4651 5355 62452 14779 34550 13122 44200 4324 18251 9314 8798 11418 16092 22577 12365
With basement under all of building 21764 1129 0 279 276 1849 554 5141 1410 1487 21764 5053 12463 4249 15477 1445 6287 3441 2804 7626 9343 3272 1524
With basement under part of building 7571 209 0 109 169 357 198 1752 449 510 7571 1311 4243 2016 4870 586 2701 1263 1430 2116 3134 1360 960
With crawl space 15413 581 0 250 836 1519 1218 4274 1034 1791 15413 3549 7142 4723 9636 1501 5777 2535 3222 675 2251 8013 4475
On concrete slab 17310 1681 0 118 296 1718 2123 3669 1710 1504 17310 4806 10491 2014 13998 770 3313 2000 1243 936 1279 9771 5324
Other 394 35 0 13 25 20 31 111 49 62 394 61 212 121 220 22 173 75 99 65 85 160 83

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 1546 25 248 54 213 206 130 274 151 250 1546 403 706 437 984 131 563 251 306 286 416 587 257
Missing roofing material 2435 46 198 86 227 361 220 502 151 395 2435 661 1206 568 1689 189 746 362 380 430 629 819 557
Hole in roof 1149 13 192 46 215 256 112 235 92 261 1149 345 480 324 766 113 382 172 211 147 304 488 210
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 1658 39 197 50 252 298 182 238 142 300 1658 460 712 486 1043 143 615 271 343 307 463 592 296
Sloping outside walls 959 26 189 39 191 146 120 147 83 175 959 246 408 306 562 65 397 148 241 124 193 463 179
Boarded up windows 493 14 94 23 86 114 53 73 31 136 493 133 210 150 297 37 196 84 112 72 112 232 77
Broken windows 2545 35 357 100 314 367 291 451 184 456 2545 673 1159 713 1575 225 970 477 489 375 628 1056 487
Bars on windows 2414 26 43 32 132 740 605 760 135 324 2414 1498 777 139 2276 70 138 69 70 376 295 1050 693
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 1816 39 92 47 236 243 136 404 128 232 1816 541 748 528 1194 154 623 244 373 366 591 531 328
None of the above 59767 4385 4912 659 1125 4470 3312 14711 4863 5087 59767 12850 33601 13316 40555 3987 19212 9662 9329 10801 15026 22187 11753
Not reported 1613 108 138 27 51 179 135 328 122 153 1613 423 861 329 1122 88 491 243 241 344 351 642 277

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 5974 911 5974 99 214 556 285 1368 699 1012 5974 467 2922 2585 1756 373 4218 1911 2212 515 1035 3261 1162
First site 4152 732 4152 52 97 415 187 1074 355 652 4152 344 2058 1750 1259 263 2893 1352 1487 388 684 2228 852
Moved from another site 1192 141 1192 22 87 117 47 225 105 241 1192 48 558 586 244 63 949 399 523 82 222 746 143
Don't know 333 27 333 18 24 2 25 37 64 64 333 48 152 133 143 36 191 87 97 25 58 145 104
Not reported 297 11 297 8 7 22 25 32 174 54 297 28 154 115 111 12 185 73 103 20 71 142 63

Previous Occupancy

Unit built 1990 or later		 13663 4689 2541 75 132 1095 761 1649 2219 962 13663 1961 8799 2902 7614 600 6049 3606 2302 1327 2927 6397 3010
Not previously occupied 9653 4093 1786 49 62 807 525 1260 1284 666 9653 1309 6171 2173 5121 401 4532 2679 1771 948 2064 4598 2043
Not reported 268 94 79 2 18 19 11 18 53 51 268 29 160 80 142 17 126 63 63 23 37 162 46
@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