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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 1B-2. Height and Condition of Building--All Housing Units--In Central Cities
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		 35217 231 34986 31300 16701 14599 3686 1583 9.7 333 335 568 868 1250 632

Stories in Structure@18

1		 10603 39 10564 9629 6757 2872 936 289 9.1 115 87 174 270 382 0
2 11293 42 11250 10010 4793 5218 1240 632 10.7 90 109 136 273 451 0
3 7952 31 7920 7037 3665 3372 883 383 10.1 72 74 131 222 268 0
4 to 6 3111 25 3086 2736 763 1973 349 169 7.8 21 31 68 61 75 0
7 or more 1626 36 1590 1365 290 1075 225 93 7.9 25 24 55 28 51 0

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 13367 99 13268 11316 1417 9899 1952 1130 10.1 80 151 262 329 365 0
None (on same floor) 4252 18 4234 3595 511 3084 639 378 10.8 20 38 85 118 88 0
1 (up or down) 3329 26 3303 2801 326 2475 502 309 11.0 15 34 57 86 85 0
2 or more (up or down) 5786 55 5731 4920 580 4340 811 444 9.1 44 78 120 125 191 0

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 13367 99 13268 11316 1417 9899 1952 1130 10.1 80 151 262 329 365 0
No common stairways 939 3 936 767 163 604 169 102 14.3 7 6 20 34 19 0
With common stairways 12035 94 11941 10253 1210 9043 1688 1000 9.8 69 136 236 246 340 0
No loose steps 10095 74 10021 8592 1060 7533 1428 856 10.1 59 121 203 189 300 0
Railings not loose 8064 59 8006 6841 859 5982 1165 700 10.3 43 101 169 152 245 0
Railings loose 1714 10 1704 1503 176 1327 201 128 8.7 14 12 17 30 46 0
No railings 234 4 230 180 17 164 49 23 11.8 2 8 11 6 9 0
Status of railings not reported 82 1 81 68 9 59 13 5 7.8 0 0 6 2 0 0
Loose steps 1940 19 1921 1661 151 1510 260 144 8.6 11 15 33 56 40 0
Railings not loose 1650 18 1631 1423 142 1281 208 130 9.2 11 12 29 26 38 0
Railings loose 245 1 244 203 8 195 41 9 4.3 0 3 4 25 2 0
No railings 29 0 29 25 0 25 4 2 6.4 0 0 0 3 0 0
Status of railings not reported 17 0 17 10 0 10 7 4 25.8 0 0 0 3 0 0
Status of stairways not reported 393 2 391 296 44 252 94 28 9.9 3 9 6 49 6 0

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 14524 102 14422 12310 1488 10822 2112 1222 10.0 83 158 278 371 389 0
No public halls 1707 7 1700 1394 145 1250 306 205 13.9 10 18 37 37 37 0
No light fixtures in public halls 335 4 331 280 32 248 51 34 12.1 3 0 3 11 13 0
All in working order 10765 85 10680 9266 1182 8084 1414 843 9.3 62 121 213 174 305 0
Some in working order 340 0 340 309 11 298 32 15 4.8 0 3 0 14 6 0
None in working order 799 2 797 662 65 597 134 53 8.2 2 4 4 71 22 0
Not reported 579 4 574 398 53 346 176 72 17.1 6 11 22 64 5 0

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 13367 99 13268 11316 1417 9899 1952 1130 10.1 80 151 262 329 365 0
With 1 or more elevators working 2841 50 2791 2443 425 2018 347 159 7.2 35 37 72 44 111 0
With elevator, none in working condition 56 0 56 51 1 50 4 3 6.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
No elevator 10470 48 10422 8821 990 7831 1600 969 10.9 44 114 190 283 254 0
Units 3 or more floors from main
entrance		 982 6 976 846 62 785 130 78 9.0 4 9 20 20 46 0

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 20060 72 19989 18467 14778 3689 1521 344 8.5 241 167 285 484 838 0
With basement under all of building 6542 14 6527 6026 4973 1053 501 82 7.1 78 61 83 198 174 0
With basement under part of building 1645 2 1642 1564 1293 271 78 10 3.6 14 8 15 30 28 0
With crawl space 5041 8 5034 4592 3511 1081 442 104 8.7 70 44 83 141 123 0
On concrete slab 6740 47 6693 6204 4950 1254 489 145 10.3 77 53 104 111 512 0
Other 93 0 93 82 51 31 11 3 9.8 2 1 0 4 2 0

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 919 9 910 702 289 413 208 56 11.7 12 13 20 107 10 23
Missing roofing material 1500 9 1490 1229 514 715 262 60 7.6 12 13 17 160 11 13
Hole in roof 799 9 790 634 269 365 156 39 9.5 5 10 11 90 6 17
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 1304 9 1295 1013 398 615 282 68 9.8 13 15 33 153 11 23
Sloping outside walls 655 9 645 496 159 337 149 39 10.1 7 13 10 80 8 28
Boarded up windows 816 7 809 449 158 291 361 90 22.5 21 27 30 193 11 6
Broken windows 1750 10 1740 1388 577 811 352 90 9.8 14 27 31 190 14 30
Bars on windows 3391 14 3377 3029 1275 1754 348 143 7.5 16 34 38 116 24 9
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 1106 11 1096 920 445 476 175 57 10.7 11 7 13 86 27 17
None of the above 25699 197 25502 23047 13280 9767 2455 1168 10.6 266 241 397 384 1164 534
Not reported 837 0 837 755 460 295 82 32 9.8 4 1 15 29 19 17

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 632 57 575 522 435 88 53 16 14.8 9 10 4 13 23 632
First site 430 40 390 352 326 26 38 13 29.2 5 7 4 8 23 430
Moved from another site 69 4 66 60 48 12 6 3 21.1 2 0 0 0 0 69
Don't know 67 11 56 47 17 30 9 0 0.0 2 3 0 5 0 67
Not reported 65 2 64 64 44 19 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 65
@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