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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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

Monthly Housing Costs@2

Less than $100		 453 0 453 440 347 92 13 13 12.4 0 0 0 0 17 131
$100 to $199 2653 0 2653 2640 2298 342 13 13 3.8 0 0 0 0 81 461
$200 to $249 1991 0 1991 1972 1715 257 19 19 6.7 0 0 0 0 104 204
$250 to $299 2095 0 2095 2063 1810 253 32 32 11.1 0 0 0 0 70 243
$300 to $349 2046 0 2046 2016 1752 264 30 30 10.1 0 0 0 0 89 242
$350 to $399 1846 0 1846 1801 1467 334 45 45 11.8 0 0 0 0 62 183
$400 to $449 1957 0 1957 1895 1427 468 63 63 11.8 0 0 0 0 42 173
$450 to $499 1987 0 1987 1905 1232 673 82 82 10.8 0 0 0 0 84 249
$500 to $599 4110 0 4110 3909 2341 1568 201 201 11.3 0 0 0 0 160 476
$600 to $699 4123 0 4123 3927 2095 1833 196 196 9.6 0 0 0 0 192 270
$700 to $799 4071 0 4071 3896 2122 1775 175 175 9.0 0 0 0 0 230 222
$800 to $999 6813 0 6813 6604 4138 2466 209 209 7.8 0 0 0 0 426 302
$1,000 to $1,249 6163 0 6163 6044 4534 1509 120 120 7.3 0 0 0 0 514 144
$1,250 to $1,499 4301 0 4301 4254 3635 619 47 47 7.1 0 0 0 0 415 25
$1,500 or more 9506 0 9506 9440 8811 629 66 66 9.5 0 0 0 0 1228 51
Depends on occupant's income 26 0 26 0 0 0 26 26 100.0 0 0 0 0 1 3
No cash rent 958 0 958 958 0 958 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 31 166
Median (excludes no cash rent) 793 100- 793 798 860 725 680 680 ... 100- 100- 100- 100- 1146 460

Median Monthly Housing Costs for
Owners

Monthly costs including all mortgages
plus maintenance costs		 903 100- 903 903 903 100- 100- 100- ... 100- 100- 100- 100- 1248 453
Monthly costs excluding second and
subsequent mortgages and maintenance
costs		 842 100- 842 842 842 100- 100- 100- ... 100- 100- 100- 100- 1211 420

Rent Reductions

No subsidy		 13011 0 13011 11635 0 11635 1376 1214 9.4 0 92 70 0 550 771
Rent control 194 0 194 184 0 184 10 9 4.5 0 0 1 0 3 1
No rent control 12510 0 12510 11228 0 11228 1282 1135 9.1 0 88 58 0 541 763
Reduced by owner 822 0 822 822 0 822 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 18 152
Not reduced by owner 10337 0 10337 10337 0 10337 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 402 501
Owner reduction not reported 1351 0 1351 69 0 69 1282 1135 87.7 0 88 58 0 121 110
Rent control not reported 307 0 307 223 0 223 84 70 23.4 0 5 10 0 6 7
Owned by public housing authority 526 0 526 498 0 498 28 26 5.0 0 2 0 0 8 0
Government subsidy 778 0 778 763 0 763 16 15 1.9 0 1 0 0 28 17
Other, income verification 999 0 999 999 0 999 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 92 7
Subsidy not reported 250 0 250 146 0 146 105 79 34.3 0 6 20 0 14 12

OWNER HOUSING UNITS

Total		 40592 0 40592 39724 39724 0 867 0 0.0 606 261 0 0 3222 2832

Average Monthly Cost Paid for
Real Estate Taxes

Less than $25		 4206 0 4206 4018 4018 0 187 0 0.0 120 68 0 0 502 1480
$25 to $49 3298 0 3298 3188 3188 0 110 0 0.0 83 27 0 0 195 564
$50 to $74 4006 0 4006 3928 3928 0 78 0 0.0 65 13 0 0 245 398
$75 to $99 3268 0 3268 3219 3219 0 49 0 0.0 40 9 0 0 227 108
$100 to $149 6592 0 6592 6474 6474 0 118 0 0.0 87 31 0 0 432 142
$150 to $199 5102 0 5102 5006 5006 0 96 0 0.0 63 33 0 0 351 44
$200 or more 14120 0 14120 13890 13890 0 230 0 0.0 149 81 0 0 1270 95
Median 141 25- 141 142 142 25- 104 25- ... 97 123 25- 25- 151 25-

Annual Taxes Paid per $1,000 Value

Less than $5		 6492 0 6492 6203 6203 0 289 0 0.0 199 90 0 0 729 875
$5 to $9 12973 0 12973 12762 12762 0 211 0 0.0 160 51 0 0 946 487
$10 to $14 9790 0 9790 9648 9648 0 142 0 0.0 101 42 0 0 820 422
$15 to $19 5191 0 5191 5110 5110 0 81 0 0.0 45 36 0 0 273 258
$20 to $24 2500 0 2500 2467 2467 0 33 0 0.0 29 5 0 0 200 114
$25 or more 3645 0 3645 3534 3534 0 111 0 0.0 73 38 0 0 254 676
Median 10 5- 10 10 10 5- 8 5- ... 8 8 5- 5- 9 10

Condominium and Cooperative Fee

Fee paid by owners		 2515 0 2515 2389 2389 0 125 0 0.0 87 39 0 0 266 0
Less than $25 per month 34 0 34 34 34 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 3 0
$25 to $49 38 0 38 38 38 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 10 0
$50 to $74 79 0 79 69 69 0 10 0 0.0 7 3 0 0 17 0
$75 to $99 115 0 115 105 105 0 10 0 0.0 9 1 0 0 23 0
$100 to $149 517 0 517 507 507 0 10 0 0.0 7 3 0 0 88 0
$150 to $199 479 0 479 463 463 0 16 0 0.0 10 6 0 0 45 0
$200 or more per month 839 0 839 807 807 0 33 0 0.0 22 11 0 0 38 0
Not reported 413 0 413 367 367 0 46 0 0.0 31 15 0 0 41 0
Median 177 25- 177 177 177 25- 178 25- ... 171 192 25- 25- 133 25-

Other Housing Costs per Month

Homeowner association fee paid		 5239 0 5239 5239 5239 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1179 0
Median 32 10- 32 32 32 10- 10- 10- ... 10- 10- 10- 10- 37 10-
Manufactured/mobile home park fee paid 132 0 132 132 132 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 132
Median 150 10- 150 150 150 10- 10- 10- ... 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 150
Land rent fee paid 69 0 69 69 69 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 6 6
Median 103 10- 103 103 103 10- 10- 10- ... 10- 10- 10- 10- 400+ 400+

Value@12

Less than $10,000		 987 0 987 935 935 0 52 0 0.0 38 15 0 0 52 780
$10,000 to $19,999 597 0 597 588 588 0 9 0 0.0 4 5 0 0 43 466
$20,000 to $29,999 559 0 559 533 533 0 26 0 0.0 22 4 0 0 37 345
$30,000 to $39,999 588 0 588 578 578 0 10 0 0.0 9 2 0 0 45 182
$40,000 to $49,999 611 0 611 587 587 0 24 0 0.0 12 12 0 0 15 173
$50,000 to $59,999 853 0 853 828 828 0 25 0 0.0 21 4 0 0 34 230
$60,000 to $69,999 1068 0 1068 1037 1037 0 31 0 0.0 22 9 0 0 27 77
$70,000 to $79,999 1407 0 1407 1381 1381 0 26 0 0.0 21 5 0 0 48 145
$80,000 to $99,999 3467 0 3467 3388 3388 0 79 0 0.0 54 25 0 0 125 135
$100,000 to $119,999 2927 0 2927 2878 2878 0 49 0 0.0 33 16 0 0 144 98
$120,000 to $149,999 4985 0 4985 4890 4890 0 94 0 0.0 70 24 0 0 431 124
$150,000 to $199,999 6307 0 6307 6177 6177 0 131 0 0.0 86 45 0 0 602 41
$200,000 to $249,999 4240 0 4240 4186 4186 0 55 0 0.0 37 18 0 0 421 17
$250,000 to $299,999 3206 0 3206 3156 3156 0 49 0 0.0 34 16 0 0 310 8
$300,000 or more 8788 0 8788 8582 8582 0 206 0 0.0 143 63 0 0 887 10
Median 167803 10000- 167803 168122 168122 10000- 152739 10000- ... 148749 161296 10000- 10000- 200883 24926

Other Activities on Property

Medical or commercial establishment		 184 0 184 178 178 0 6 0 0.0 6 0 0 0 12 6
Neither 40408 0 40408 39546 39546 0 861 0 0.0 600 261 0 0 3209 2826
@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