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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 1C-3. Size of Unit and Lot--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

Rooms

1 room		 171 15 156 122 3 119 34 16 11.7 0 0 10 8 0 3
2 rooms 364 32 333 260 20 240 73 31 11.2 1 7 23 11 3 16
3 rooms 4251 140 4111 3548 461 3088 563 325 9.5 9 26 122 81 132 184
4 rooms 9946 337 9609 8302 3336 4966 1307 499 9.1 125 79 295 308 471 1441
5 rooms 13198 335 12863 11746 8435 3311 1117 321 8.8 165 103 252 276 973 1544
6 rooms 12416 165 12251 11577 10162 1415 674 96 6.3 135 71 191 181 753 571
7 rooms 8147 61 8086 7834 7319 515 252 21 4.0 57 33 82 59 619 219
8 rooms 5113 24 5089 4940 4738 202 149 9 4.1 51 19 28 43 521 93
9 rooms 2530 19 2511 2428 2343 86 82 4 4.9 28 12 18 20 284 57
10 rooms or more 3135 29 3106 3008 2908 100 97 11 9.8 35 15 27 10 359 45

Bedrooms

None		 320 22 297 230 12 218 67 28 11.4 0 5 19 15 3 6
1 5648 165 5483 4742 805 3936 741 422 9.6 13 36 163 107 200 290
2 15317 480 14837 13088 6838 6251 1748 631 9.1 189 117 411 401 765 1789
3 25041 356 24685 23339 20393 2946 1346 222 7.0 264 148 323 388 1816 1798
4 or more 12945 133 12813 12365 11676 689 447 30 4.1 140 57 133 87 1332 290

Complete Bathrooms

None		 613 111 501 217 111 105 285 29 21.4 20 11 44 180 16 113
1 18607 400 18207 16344 7625 8719 1863 840 8.7 150 98 375 400 370 1489
1 1/2 8931 116 8815 8351 6635 1716 464 121 6.5 86 58 116 83 174 383
2 or more 31121 530 30591 28853 25352 3501 1737 343 8.8 351 196 514 334 3555 2188

Square Footage of Unit

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 43328 848 42480 39970 35883 4087 2510 320 7.2 480 239 703 768 3099 4172
Less than 500 423 75 348 292 182 110 56 12 9.6 6 4 21 13 11 196
500 to 749 1207 93 1114 914 595 319 201 22 6.5 32 16 53 78 15 568
750 to 999 2685 137 2548 2272 1652 620 276 49 7.3 35 13 65 113 61 967
1,000 to 1,499 9513 181 9332 8656 7376 1281 676 127 9.0 115 47 188 199 414 1216
1,500 to 1,999 10124 125 10000 9551 8769 782 449 53 6.4 107 40 125 123 664 607
2,000 to 2,499 7255 98 7156 6870 6592 278 286 10 3.5 58 32 114 72 598 176
2,500 to 2,999 3858 37 3821 3703 3590 113 118 12 9.5 33 25 15 34 407 40
3,000 to 3,999 3516 29 3486 3370 3274 96 116 12 11.3 22 22 31 29 438 38
4,000 or more 1997 5 1991 1881 1798 83 110 2 2.4 35 15 38 21 293 21
Not reported (includes don't know) 2751 68 2683 2462 2056 406 222 20 4.7 37 26 53 86 197 343
Median 1819 1236 1827 1846 1905 1309 1451 1262 ... 1656 1831 1493 1343 2238 1075

Lot Size

1-unit structures@9		 45552 852 44701 42021 36887 5135 2679 403 7.2 504 252 720 801 3288 4110
Less than 1/8 acre 5833 262 5572 5061 4010 1051 511 105 9.0 96 58 138 114 352 1197
1/8 up to 1/4 acre 12368 226 12142 11350 9688 1663 792 103 5.8 163 80 194 251 869 814
1/4 up to 1/2 acre 9339 128 9211 8790 7954 836 422 75 8.1 88 65 92 101 712 252
1/2 up to 1 acre 6594 99 6495 6195 5676 518 300 29 5.4 62 18 99 92 495 425
1 up to 5 acres 8361 88 8273 7859 7076 784 414 71 8.3 65 20 104 153 626 1037
5 up to 10 acres 1246 10 1237 1174 1110 64 63 3 5.1 14 2 19 24 114 165
10 acres or more 1810 39 1771 1593 1373 219 178 15 6.4 17 8 73 65 120 219
Median 0.37 0.22 0.38 0.38 0.40 0.24 0.27 0.24 ... 0.25 0.23 0.32 0.34 0.40 0.29
@9Does not include cooperatives or condominiums.


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