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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 1A-7. Financial Characteristics--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

Monthly Housing Costs@2

Less than $100		 1322 0 1322 1283 985 298 39 39 11.5 0 0 0 0 47 352
$100 to $199 7279 0 7279 7211 5928 1283 68 68 5.0 0 0 0 0 212 1156
$200 to $249 5085 0 5085 5000 4171 829 85 85 9.3 0 0 0 0 161 482
$250 to $299 4899 0 4899 4755 3983 772 143 143 15.7 0 0 0 0 122 524
$300 to $349 4741 0 4741 4558 3591 968 182 182 15.8 0 0 0 0 136 418
$350 to $399 4392 0 4392 4178 2902 1276 214 214 14.4 0 0 0 0 115 385
$400 to $449 4729 0 4729 4467 2837 1629 262 262 13.9 0 0 0 0 125 424
$450 to $499 4749 0 4749 4449 2354 2095 300 300 12.5 0 0 0 0 165 455
$500 to $599 9297 0 9297 8780 4414 4366 517 517 10.6 0 0 0 0 290 824
$600 to $699 8883 0 8883 8471 4219 4252 412 412 8.8 0 0 0 0 362 540
$700 to $799 8240 0 8240 7882 4121 3762 357 357 8.7 0 0 0 0 408 393
$800 to $999 12384 0 12384 12010 7399 4612 374 374 7.5 0 0 0 0 699 479
$1,000 to $1,249 10422 0 10422 10168 7381 2787 255 255 8.4 0 0 0 0 783 226
$1,250 to $1,499 6724 0 6724 6629 5462 1167 96 96 7.6 0 0 0 0 585 43
$1,500 or more 13936 0 13936 13783 12492 1291 153 153 10.6 0 0 0 0 1667 103
Depends on occupant's income 139 0 139 0 0 0 139 139 100.0 0 0 0 0 3 3
No cash rent 2218 0 2218 2218 0 2218 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 61 254
Median (excludes no cash rent) 679 100- 679 684 717 651 584 584 ... 100- 100- 100- 100- 1030 409

Median Monthly Housing Costs for
Owners

Monthly costs including all mortgages
plus maintenance costs		 758 100- 758 758 758 100- 100- 100- ... 100- 100- 100- 100- 1146 397
Monthly costs excluding second and
subsequent mortgages and maintenance
costs		 704 100- 704 704 704 100- 100- 100- ... 100- 100- 100- 100- 1113 368

Rent Reductions

No subsidy		 30674 0 30674 27052 0 27052 3621 3066 10.1 0 338 217 0 1010 1463
Rent control 890 0 890 843 0 843 48 31 3.5 0 15 1 0 3 1
No rent control 29025 0 29025 25676 0 25676 3350 2845 9.9 0 310 195 0 998 1449
Reduced by owner 1859 0 1859 1859 0 1859 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 32 243
Not reduced by owner 23644 0 23644 23644 0 23644 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 703 1014
Owner reduction not reported 3523 0 3523 173 0 173 3350 2845 85.3 0 310 195 0 264 192
Rent control not reported 758 0 758 534 0 534 224 190 25.8 0 13 21 0 9 14
Owned by public housing authority 1951 0 1951 1793 0 1793 158 148 7.6 0 11 0 0 38 0
Government subsidy 2205 0 2205 2055 0 2055 150 140 6.4 0 2 8 0 62 31
Other, income verification 2337 0 2337 2337 0 2337 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 162 28
Subsidy not reported 672 0 672 367 0 367 304 243 38.6 0 18 43 0 27 40

OWNER HOUSING UNITS

Total		 74084 0 74084 72238 72238 0 1846 0 0.0 1284 563 0 0 4963 5722

Average Monthly Cost Paid for
Real Estate Taxes

Less than $25		 9828 0 9828 9319 9319 0 509 0 0.0 336 173 0 0 912 2924
$25 to $49 8355 0 8355 8155 8155 0 200 0 0.0 138 63 0 0 370 1212
$50 to $74 8731 0 8731 8509 8509 0 222 0 0.0 162 59 0 0 423 759
$75 to $99 6919 0 6919 6762 6762 0 158 0 0.0 119 39 0 0 413 280
$100 to $149 12131 0 12131 11896 11896 0 235 0 0.0 165 70 0 0 613 256
$150 to $199 8254 0 8254 8081 8081 0 173 0 0.0 124 49 0 0 535 81
$200 or more 19866 0 19866 19516 19516 0 350 0 0.0 240 110 0 0 1696 210
Median 113 25- 113 114 114 25- 74 25- ... 76 69 25- 25- 129 25-

Annual Taxes Paid per $1,000 Value

Less than $5		 13945 0 13945 13301 13301 0 644 0 0.0 430 214 0 0 1255 1623
$5 to $9 23615 0 23615 23176 23176 0 439 0 0.0 302 136 0 0 1471 1125
$10 to $14 16465 0 16465 16188 16188 0 277 0 0.0 196 81 0 0 1143 798
$15 to $19 8519 0 8519 8366 8366 0 153 0 0.0 109 45 0 0 411 484
$20 to $24 4708 0 4708 4630 4630 0 78 0 0.0 58 20 0 0 267 291
$25 or more 6833 0 6833 6577 6577 0 256 0 0.0 189 67 0 0 417 1402
Median 9 5- 9 9 9 5- 8 5- ... 8 7 5- 5- 9 10

Condominium and Cooperative Fee

Fee paid by owners		 3974 0 3974 3756 3756 0 218 0 0.0 153 65 0 0 374 0
Less than $25 per month 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 7 0
$25 to $49 72 0 72 72 72 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 15 0
$50 to $74 110 0 110 97 97 0 13 0 0.0 10 3 0 0 25 0
$75 to $99 195 0 195 184 184 0 10 0 0.0 9 1 0 0 28 0
$100 to $149 728 0 728 702 702 0 26 0 0.0 17 9 0 0 127 0
$150 to $199 678 0 678 652 652 0 27 0 0.0 17 9 0 0 47 0
$200 or more per month 1263 0 1263 1202 1202 0 61 0 0.0 45 17 0 0 65 0
Not reported 876 0 876 795 795 0 81 0 0.0 55 26 0 0 59 0
Median 178 25- 178 178 178 25- 186 25- ... 186 185 25- 25- 132 25-

Other Housing Costs per Month

Homeowner association fee paid		 7016 0 7016 7016 7016 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1531 0
Median 30 10- 30 30 30 10- 10- 10- ... 10- 10- 10- 10- 34 10-
Manufactured/mobile home park fee paid 287 0 287 287 287 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 14 287
Median 70 10- 70 70 70 10- 10- 10- ... 10- 10- 10- 10- 213 70
Land rent fee paid 138 0 138 138 138 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 6 14
Median 111 10- 111 111 111 10- 10- 10- ... 10- 10- 10- 10- 400+ 241

Value@12

Less than $10,000		 2000 0 2000 1880 1880 0 120 0 0.0 84 36 0 0 125 1502
$10,000 to $19,999 1416 0 1416 1359 1359 0 57 0 0.0 40 18 0 0 81 945
$20,000 to $29,999 1538 0 1538 1475 1475 0 63 0 0.0 52 11 0 0 70 730
$30,000 to $39,999 1668 0 1668 1627 1627 0 41 0 0.0 31 11 0 0 87 379
$40,000 to $49,999 2028 0 2028 1936 1936 0 92 0 0.0 60 32 0 0 72 399
$50,000 to $59,999 2568 0 2568 2486 2486 0 82 0 0.0 74 9 0 0 69 491
$60,000 to $69,999 2935 0 2935 2821 2821 0 114 0 0.0 85 29 0 0 69 183
$70,000 to $79,999 3661 0 3661 3606 3606 0 55 0 0.0 47 8 0 0 86 242
$80,000 to $99,999 7598 0 7598 7440 7440 0 158 0 0.0 114 44 0 0 232 295
$100,000 to $119,999 5896 0 5896 5766 5766 0 130 0 0.0 75 55 0 0 269 250
$120,000 to $149,999 8670 0 8670 8500 8500 0 170 0 0.0 133 37 0 0 627 195
$150,000 to $199,999 10229 0 10229 9989 9989 0 240 0 0.0 148 93 0 0 920 69
$200,000 to $249,999 6468 0 6468 6358 6358 0 110 0 0.0 78 32 0 0 603 21
$250,000 to $299,999 4643 0 4643 4561 4561 0 82 0 0.0 59 22 0 0 445 9
$300,000 or more 12766 0 12766 12434 12434 0 332 0 0.0 205 127 0 0 1210 12
Median 139841 10000- 139841 140200 140200 10000- 121871 10000- ... 114861 144211 10000- 10000- 187808 25670

Other Activities on Property

Medical or commercial establishment		 459 0 459 444 444 0 16 0 0.0 14 1 0 0 29 27
Neither 73625 0 73625 71794 71794 0 1831 0 0.0 1270 561 0 0 4934 5695
@2Rent asked for vacant units.
@12Sales price for units that are for sale, purchase price for units sold but not yet occupied.


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: May 27, 2005