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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 1A-2. Height and Condition of Building--All Housing Units
Numbers in thousands. Weighting consistent with the 2000 Census.

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		 120777 3566 117211 105842 72238 33604 11369 3597 9.6 1284 932 2647 2909 6758 8971

Stories in Structure@18

1		 39248 1378 37871 34244 25777 8468 3626 846 9.0 449 285 949 1097 1991 0
2 39318 865 38452 34915 22715 12199 3538 1382 10.1 374 324 729 728 2312 0
3 25118 285 24832 22842 15560 7282 1991 773 9.5 227 171 356 463 1416 0
4 to 6 5802 101 5702 5126 2246 2880 576 251 7.9 42 52 131 100 194 0
7 or more 2320 108 2212 1862 426 1436 351 137 8.6 35 37 98 44 73 0

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 26328 465 25863 22083 3103 18980 3780 2185 10.2 155 288 591 561 1050 0
None (on same floor) 9118 122 8996 7788 1262 6526 1209 732 10.0 42 83 173 179 378 0
1 (up or down) 6872 106 6766 5785 722 5063 981 587 10.3 40 63 128 162 256 0
2 or more (up or down) 10338 237 10101 8510 1120 7390 1591 866 10.3 73 142 290 220 416 0

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 26328 465 25863 22083 3103 18980 3780 2185 10.2 155 288 591 561 1050 0
No common stairways 2218 38 2180 1814 402 1412 366 198 12.2 19 25 53 71 108 0
With common stairways 23417 421 22996 19700 2605 17095 3296 1951 10.1 132 254 530 430 926 0
No loose steps 19774 370 19404 16621 2336 14285 2783 1661 10.3 114 220 442 345 785 0
Railings not loose 15730 323 15406 13131 1872 11259 2275 1360 10.6 91 185 361 278 634 0
Railings loose 3434 39 3396 3006 394 2612 390 235 8.2 20 22 62 51 125 0
No railings 449 7 443 346 54 293 96 55 15.3 3 12 13 13 21 0
Status of railings not reported 160 1 159 138 16 122 22 12 8.9 0 0 6 4 6 0
Loose steps 3643 51 3592 3079 269 2809 514 290 9.3 17 34 88 85 141 0
Railings not loose 3144 50 3094 2667 251 2416 426 253 9.4 17 30 83 43 132 0
Railings loose 421 1 420 351 18 332 69 28 7.6 0 4 4 33 8 0
No railings 47 0 47 40 0 40 7 4 8.3 0 0 1 3 0 0
Status of railings not reported 32 0 32 21 0 21 11 5 19.2 0 0 0 6 0 0
Status of stairways not reported 693 6 687 570 96 473 117 36 7.0 5 9 7 61 16 0

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 29663 498 29165 24963 3402 21561 4202 2463 10.1 163 299 635 642 1163 0
No public halls 4238 64 4175 3487 519 2968 687 443 12.9 22 43 81 98 172 0
No light fixtures in public halls 795 12 783 678 83 595 105 72 10.7 3 4 12 14 40 0
All in working order 21254 394 20860 17993 2503 15490 2866 1701 9.8 121 226 485 333 862 0
Some in working order 614 0 614 561 23 539 52 30 5.3 0 3 4 15 10 0
None in working order 1624 18 1606 1381 158 1222 225 109 8.2 6 7 20 83 55 0
Not reported 1139 11 1128 863 117 746 265 107 12.4 10 16 34 99 24 0

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 26328 465 25863 22083 3103 18980 3780 2185 10.2 155 288 591 561 1050 0
With 1 or more elevators working 4789 198 4591 3969 829 3139 622 260 7.6 57 61 178 66 218 0
With elevator, none in working condition 74 0 74 69 5 64 4 3 4.7 0 0 0 1 0 0
No elevator 21465 267 21199 18045 2269 15776 3153 1921 10.7 98 227 413 494 832 0
Units 3 or more floors from main
entrance		 1607 25 1582 1351 102 1249 232 137 9.8 9 13 44 29 104 0

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 82143 2238 79905 74026 63322 10704 5879 926 7.9 965 570 1628 1790 4822 0
With basement under all of building 26201 315 25886 24449 21908 2542 1436 153 5.6 306 177 337 463 1399 0
With basement under part of building 9250 160 9090 8618 7701 917 472 56 5.7 80 44 122 170 233 0
With crawl space 21917 870 21047 18869 15506 3363 2178 352 9.4 298 181 639 708 883 0
On concrete slab 24069 686 23383 21674 17909 3765 1709 353 8.5 278 161 498 419 2278 0
Other 706 207 499 416 299 117 83 11 8.7 3 6 31 30 28 0

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 3271 195 3076 2281 1312 969 795 145 12.9 42 32 114 462 32 463
Missing roofing material 4721 206 4516 3639 2019 1620 876 164 9.1 50 43 95 525 82 265
Hole in roof 2454 114 2341 1850 1016 835 490 79 8.6 22 27 47 315 25 329
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 3900 167 3732 2831 1488 1343 902 156 10.4 53 43 112 538 67 369
Sloping outside walls 2163 150 2013 1461 708 753 552 116 13.2 22 25 78 310 31 303
Boarded up windows 1782 110 1673 973 438 534 700 135 19.6 42 44 89 391 20 168
Broken windows 4930 137 4792 3827 2115 1711 966 187 9.8 57 57 122 543 72 607
Bars on windows 4700 30 4670 4226 2071 2155 443 178 7.6 26 41 50 149 34 62
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 3390 138 3252 2694 1564 1130 558 113 9.0 40 21 60 324 61 157
None of the above 97534 3009 94526 86252 61540 24712 8274 2816 10.1 1051 739 2150 1518 6374 7315
Not reported 2656 42 2614 2384 1758 626 231 61 8.9 22 6 55 85 105 144

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 8971 829 8142 6854 5514 1340 1288 208 13.3 156 63 384 477 773 8971
First site 5403 462 4941 4280 3766 514 661 130 19.8 104 44 155 228 601 5403
Moved from another site 1769 200 1569 1282 1101 181 286 56 23.5 17 16 51 146 94 1769
Don't know 997 132 864 592 257 336 272 22 6.2 31 3 114 102 64 997
Not reported 802 34 768 700 391 309 68 0 0.0 5 0 63 0 15 802
@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: May 27, 2005