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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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

Monthly Housing Costs@2

Less than $100		 308 0 308 293 164 130 15 15 10.5 0 0 0 0 4 13
$100 to $199 1692 0 1692 1671 1030 641 21 21 3.2 0 0 0 0 37 65
$200 to $249 1373 0 1373 1336 979 357 36 36 9.2 0 0 0 0 8 54
$250 to $299 1258 0 1258 1225 948 277 33 33 10.7 0 0 0 0 20 64
$300 to $349 1343 0 1343 1262 863 399 82 82 17.0 0 0 0 0 21 43
$350 to $399 1296 0 1296 1199 666 533 97 97 15.5 0 0 0 0 14 29
$400 to $449 1607 0 1607 1486 698 787 122 122 13.4 0 0 0 0 32 46
$450 to $499 1685 0 1685 1545 551 994 140 140 12.3 0 0 0 0 35 27
$500 to $599 3301 0 3301 3041 967 2074 261 261 11.2 0 0 0 0 59 54
$600 to $699 3120 0 3120 2937 991 1946 183 183 8.6 0 0 0 0 73 26
$700 to $799 2874 0 2874 2718 1031 1687 156 156 8.5 0 0 0 0 105 35
$800 to $999 3952 0 3952 3811 1925 1886 141 141 7.0 0 0 0 0 167 45
$1,000 to $1,249 3106 0 3106 3005 1837 1168 101 101 8.0 0 0 0 0 143 12
$1,250 to $1,499 1815 0 1815 1780 1266 514 34 34 6.3 0 0 0 0 107 12
$1,500 or more 3487 0 3487 3410 2786 624 78 78 11.1 0 0 0 0 302 7
Depends on occupant's income 83 0 83 0 0 0 83 83 100.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
No cash rent 581 0 581 581 0 581 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 3 7
Median (excludes no cash rent) 671 100- 671 678 747 641 578 578 ... 100- 100- 100- 100- 986 395

Median Monthly Housing Costs for
Owners

Monthly costs including all mortgages
plus maintenance costs		 786 100- 786 786 786 100- 100- 100- ... 100- 100- 100- 100- 1212 411
Monthly costs excluding second and
subsequent mortgages and maintenance
costs		 733 100- 733 733 733 100- 100- 100- ... 100- 100- 100- 100- 1173 357

Rent Reductions

No subsidy		 12993 0 12993 11418 0 11418 1575 1311 10.2 0 163 101 0 296 103
Rent control 697 0 697 659 0 659 38 22 3.2 0 15 0 0 0 0
No rent control 11954 0 11954 10515 0 10515 1439 1209 10.2 0 140 90 0 296 103
Reduced by owner 513 0 513 513 0 513 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 3 15
Not reduced by owner 9924 0 9924 9924 0 9924 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 198 70
Owner reduction not reported 1517 0 1517 78 0 78 1439 1209 84.6 0 140 90 0 96 18
Rent control not reported 343 0 343 244 0 244 98 80 24.0 0 8 10 0 0 0
Owned by public housing authority 1041 0 1041 946 0 946 95 92 8.8 0 3 0 0 13 0
Government subsidy 1051 0 1051 965 0 965 85 78 7.5 0 1 6 0 22 0
Other, income verification 1087 0 1087 1087 0 1087 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 53 3
Subsidy not reported 307 0 307 182 0 182 125 102 34.5 0 11 12 0 6 2

OWNER HOUSING UNITS

Total		 17191 0 17191 16701 16701 0 490 0 0.0 333 157 0 0 818 449

Average Monthly Cost Paid for
Real Estate Taxes

Less than $25		 1887 0 1887 1763 1763 0 124 0 0.0 88 36 0 0 131 157
$25 to $49 1907 0 1907 1862 1862 0 45 0 0.0 28 18 0 0 60 144
$50 to $74 2196 0 2196 2121 2121 0 76 0 0.0 47 29 0 0 60 51
$75 to $99 1903 0 1903 1863 1863 0 40 0 0.0 26 14 0 0 70 17
$100 to $149 3286 0 3286 3214 3214 0 72 0 0.0 51 21 0 0 96 50
$150 to $199 2007 0 2007 1961 1961 0 46 0 0.0 35 10 0 0 98 11
$200 or more 4005 0 4005 3917 3917 0 88 0 0.0 59 29 0 0 303 19
Median 110 25- 110 111 111 25- 75 25- ... 79 71 25- 25- 145 36

Annual Taxes Paid per $1,000 Value

Less than $5		 3364 0 3364 3207 3207 0 157 0 0.0 103 54 0 0 192 96
$5 to $9 5494 0 5494 5384 5384 0 110 0 0.0 64 47 0 0 261 108
$10 to $14 3847 0 3847 3756 3756 0 91 0 0.0 65 25 0 0 180 76
$15 to $19 1850 0 1850 1807 1807 0 43 0 0.0 39 4 0 0 65 44
$20 to $24 1252 0 1252 1237 1237 0 14 0 0.0 11 3 0 0 45 30
$25 or more 1384 0 1384 1309 1309 0 75 0 0.0 51 24 0 0 74 95
Median 9 5- 9 9 9 5- 8 5- ... 10 7 5- 5- 9 11

Condominium and Cooperative Fee

Fee paid by owners		 1306 0 1306 1219 1219 0 87 0 0.0 61 26 0 0 88 0
Less than $25 per month 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 5 0
$25 to $49 30 0 30 30 30 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 4 0
$50 to $74 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 3 0
$75 to $99 64 0 64 64 64 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 5 0
$100 to $149 168 0 168 152 152 0 16 0 0.0 10 6 0 0 32 0
$150 to $199 182 0 182 173 173 0 10 0 0.0 6 3 0 0 2 0
$200 or more per month 410 0 410 381 381 0 29 0 0.0 23 6 0 0 27 0
Not reported 426 0 426 393 393 0 33 0 0.0 21 11 0 0 10 0
Median 191 25- 191 190 190 25- 200+ 25- ... 200+ 173 25- 25- 134 25-

Other Housing Costs per Month

Homeowner association fee paid		 1229 0 1229 1229 1229 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 259 0
Median 24 10- 24 24 24 10- 10- 10- ... 10- 10- 10- 10- 23 10-
Manufactured/mobile home park fee paid 100 0 100 100 100 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 4 100
Median 65 10- 65 65 65 10- 10- 10- ... 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 65
Land rent fee paid 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Median 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- ... 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 350

Value@12

Less than $10,000		 176 0 176 157 157 0 18 0 0.0 9 10 0 0 8 92
$10,000 to $19,999 153 0 153 143 143 0 9 0 0.0 8 1 0 0 0 34
$20,000 to $29,999 300 0 300 295 295 0 5 0 0.0 5 0 0 0 2 65
$30,000 to $39,999 364 0 364 351 351 0 13 0 0.0 7 6 0 0 12 17
$40,000 to $49,999 544 0 544 505 505 0 38 0 0.0 24 14 0 0 11 62
$50,000 to $59,999 741 0 741 707 707 0 34 0 0.0 29 5 0 0 2 44
$60,000 to $69,999 868 0 868 832 832 0 36 0 0.0 32 4 0 0 12 27
$70,000 to $79,999 984 0 984 967 967 0 18 0 0.0 15 3 0 0 2 17
$80,000 to $99,999 1987 0 1987 1950 1950 0 37 0 0.0 23 14 0 0 52 47
$100,000 to $119,999 1529 0 1529 1477 1477 0 52 0 0.0 30 22 0 0 62 23
$120,000 to $149,999 1920 0 1920 1875 1875 0 45 0 0.0 38 7 0 0 106 7
$150,000 to $199,999 2167 0 2167 2125 2125 0 42 0 0.0 25 17 0 0 158 8
$200,000 to $249,999 1338 0 1338 1313 1313 0 26 0 0.0 18 7 0 0 82 2
$250,000 to $299,999 973 0 973 951 951 0 22 0 0.0 18 4 0 0 82 1
$300,000 or more 3147 0 3147 3053 3053 0 94 0 0.0 53 41 0 0 226 2
Median 134840 10000- 134840 135451 135451 10000- 113927 10000- ... 110228 118989 10000- 10000- 193861 42729

Other Activities on Property

Medical or commercial establishment		 170 0 170 161 161 0 10 0 0.0 8 1 0 0 11 7
Neither 17021 0 17021 16541 16541 0 480 0 0.0 325 155 0 0 808 442
@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