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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 1C-2. Height and Condition of Building--All Housing Units--Suburbs
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		 59271 1157 58114 53765 39724 14041 4350 1333 8.6 606 362 1050 998 4116 4172

Stories in Structure@18

1		 18430 377 18054 16782 13147 3635 1272 286 7.2 184 104 348 350 1199 0
2 20517 369 20149 18674 13224 5450 1474 495 8.3 225 132 330 292 1486 0
3 13286 130 13156 12375 9231 3144 781 321 9.2 108 74 137 141 978 0
4 to 6 2245 24 2222 2041 1244 797 181 77 8.7 19 11 49 24 101 0
7 or more 621 44 577 464 134 329 113 40 10.7 10 10 43 10 22 0

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 10713 211 10502 9145 1539 7606 1358 807 9.5 67 85 247 151 580 0
None (on same floor) 3914 49 3866 3455 665 2790 411 257 8.4 20 34 67 32 245 0
1 (up or down) 2963 45 2917 2555 369 2186 363 215 8.9 19 14 59 56 147 0
2 or more (up or down) 3836 117 3719 3135 506 2629 584 335 11.2 29 38 121 62 188 0

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 10713 211 10502 9145 1539 7606 1358 807 9.5 67 85 247 151 580 0
No common stairways 1003 31 972 844 218 626 128 57 8.3 9 14 24 22 80 0
With common stairways 9440 178 9263 8054 1274 6780 1209 743 9.8 56 71 221 119 489 0
No loose steps 7979 155 7824 6806 1161 5645 1018 633 10.0 50 59 178 98 406 0
Railings not loose 6324 138 6187 5338 924 4414 849 523 10.5 44 49 153 81 333 0
Railings loose 1433 15 1418 1278 200 1078 140 84 7.2 5 10 25 16 64 0
No railings 149 2 147 126 30 96 21 19 16.6 2 0 0 0 6 0
Status of railings not reported 73 0 73 64 7 57 9 7 10.8 0 0 0 2 3 0
Loose steps 1462 23 1439 1247 112 1135 191 109 8.7 6 12 44 20 84 0
Railings not loose 1295 23 1272 1107 102 1005 165 92 8.3 6 10 44 13 77 0
Railings loose 141 0 141 118 10 108 23 16 12.5 0 1 0 6 7 0
No railings 12 0 12 11 0 11 1 1 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Status of railings not reported 13 0 13 11 0 11 2 1 11.7 0 0 0 1 0 0
Status of stairways not reported 269 2 267 247 47 200 21 8 3.6 2 0 2 10 10 0

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 12159 228 11931 10411 1731 8680 1520 915 9.5 72 89 268 176 634 0
No public halls 1806 46 1760 1512 334 1177 249 140 10.5 13 18 39 38 106 0
No light fixtures in public halls 321 2 319 285 48 237 34 29 10.9 0 0 5 0 24 0
All in working order 8677 167 8509 7415 1202 6213 1095 669 9.6 54 66 197 108 457 0
Some in working order 234 0 234 217 10 208 17 11 5.1 0 0 4 2 4 0
None in working order 645 9 636 569 77 492 67 40 7.4 3 2 15 7 26 0
Not reported 476 4 472 413 59 354 60 26 6.9 2 2 8 21 18 0

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 10713 211 10502 9145 1539 7606 1358 807 9.5 67 85 247 151 580 0
With 1 or more elevators working 1759 93 1667 1425 396 1029 241 93 8.2 21 15 96 16 90 0
With elevator, none in working condition 18 0 18 18 4 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
No elevator 8936 118 8817 7701 1139 6562 1116 714 9.7 46 70 151 135 490 0
Units 3 or more floors from main
entrance		 538 10 528 441 37 404 87 53 11.5 5 2 20 7 50 0

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 42940 714 42226 39925 35250 4675 2301 303 6.1 474 242 640 641 3151 0
With basement under all of building 14202 98 14104 13524 12554 970 580 47 4.6 173 83 109 168 943 0
With basement under part of building 4903 59 4843 4655 4337 318 188 18 5.5 33 26 51 60 158 0
With crawl space 9430 264 9167 8525 7264 1262 641 82 6.1 103 46 204 207 464 0
On concrete slab 14089 250 13839 12975 10916 2060 863 152 6.9 164 85 260 203 1569 0
Other 315 43 272 245 180 65 27 4 5.1 1 3 16 3 18 0

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 1213 28 1184 956 608 349 228 39 10.1 17 8 39 125 17 240
Missing roofing material 1908 47 1861 1607 979 628 253 60 8.7 28 8 33 124 53 129
Hole in roof 986 23 964 821 493 328 143 26 7.3 13 4 15 85 18 186
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 1344 24 1320 1082 625 457 238 38 7.6 30 14 37 119 25 152
Sloping outside walls 756 23 733 585 331 254 148 29 10.2 11 5 22 81 11 135
Boarded up windows 487 18 469 322 178 143 148 24 14.4 14 11 19 80 10 79
Broken windows 1805 28 1777 1510 931 578 267 54 8.4 31 16 35 132 29 270
Bars on windows 1160 9 1151 1082 719 363 68 31 7.9 7 2 6 22 10 44
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 1199 30 1169 1037 639 397 133 31 7.2 14 7 14 66 25 63
None of the above 50282 1011 49271 45842 34735 11107 3429 1115 9.1 494 298 891 630 3906 3363
Not reported 1398 20 1379 1280 999 281 98 21 6.8 11 5 32 29 73 66

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 4172 215 3957 3429 2743 686 529 115 14.4 60 31 141 181 330 4172
First site 2588 140 2448 2138 1844 294 310 79 21.2 35 20 62 113 255 2588
Moved from another site 715 46 669 589 511 78 80 18 18.7 5 10 9 37 30 715
Don't know 471 15 456 330 169 161 126 18 10.1 14 0 62 31 40 471
Not reported 398 13 385 371 219 152 13 0 0.0 5 0 8 0 4 398
@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