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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 1D-2. Height and Condition of Building--All Housing Units--Outside Metropolitan
Statistical Areas
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		 26289 2178 24111 20778 15813 4965 3333 680 11.9 345 235 1030 1043 1393 4167

Stories in Structure@18

1		 10215 962 9253 7834 5873 1961 1419 271 12.0 150 94 427 477 410 0
2 7508 454 7053 6230 4698 1532 823 255 14.0 59 83 263 163 375 0
3 3880 124 3756 3430 2664 766 326 69 8.1 47 23 87 100 170 0
4 to 6 446 52 394 348 239 110 46 5 3.9 1 10 14 15 17 0
7 or more 73 28 45 33 2 31 12 4 10.2 0 2 0 6 0 0

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 2248 156 2093 1622 147 1475 470 247 13.9 8 52 82 82 105 0
None (on same floor) 952 55 897 738 86 652 159 97 12.7 1 11 20 29 44 0
1 (up or down) 580 35 545 429 27 402 116 63 13.1 6 15 12 20 24 0
2 or more (up or down) 716 66 650 455 34 421 195 87 16.4 0 26 50 33 37 0

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 2248 156 2093 1622 147 1475 470 247 13.9 8 52 82 82 105 0
No common stairways 276 4 272 203 21 182 69 39 17.2 2 5 9 14 8 0
With common stairways 1942 150 1792 1393 121 1272 399 208 13.6 6 47 73 65 97 0
No loose steps 1700 141 1559 1222 115 1108 337 172 13.0 6 39 62 57 80 0
Railings not loose 1341 127 1214 953 89 863 261 137 13.2 5 35 40 45 56 0
Railings loose 288 14 274 225 19 206 49 22 9.7 1 0 20 5 15 0
No railings 66 0 66 40 7 33 26 13 25.9 0 4 2 7 6 0
Status of railings not reported 5 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Loose steps 242 9 233 170 6 164 63 36 17.3 0 8 11 8 17 0
Railings not loose 199 9 190 137 6 130 53 31 18.6 0 8 10 4 17 0
Railings loose 35 0 35 29 0 29 5 3 9.8 0 0 0 2 0 0
No railings 6 0 6 4 0 4 2 1 24.2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Status of railings not reported 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Status of stairways not reported 31 2 29 27 5 21 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 2979 168 2811 2242 183 2059 570 325 13.4 8 52 89 95 140 0
No public halls 726 11 714 581 40 541 133 99 15.3 0 7 5 22 29 0
No light fixtures in public halls 139 6 133 112 2 110 21 9 7.1 0 4 5 3 3 0
All in working order 1812 142 1671 1312 118 1194 358 189 13.3 5 39 74 51 99 0
Some in working order 39 0 39 36 2 33 4 4 10.3 0 0 0 0 0 0
None in working order 180 7 173 149 16 133 24 16 11.0 1 0 1 5 7 0
Not reported 84 2 81 52 5 46 30 8 14.7 2 2 4 14 2 0

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 2248 156 2093 1622 147 1475 470 247 13.9 8 52 82 82 105 0
With 1 or more elevators working 189 55 133 100 8 92 33 8 7.7 1 9 10 6 17 0
With elevator, none in working condition 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
No elevator 2060 100 1959 1522 139 1383 437 239 14.3 7 44 72 76 89 0
Units 3 or more floors from main
entrance		 88 9 79 64 3 60 15 6 8.8 0 2 5 2 8 0

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 19143 1453 17690 15633 13293 2340 2057 279 10.5 250 161 703 665 833 0
With basement under all of building 5457 203 5254 4899 4380 519 355 25 4.4 54 34 145 98 283 0
With basement under part of building 2703 98 2604 2399 2071 328 205 27 7.7 33 10 56 79 47 0
With crawl space 7446 599 6847 5752 4731 1021 1095 167 13.9 125 91 352 360 297 0
On concrete slab 3240 388 2852 2495 2043 451 357 55 10.7 38 24 134 105 198 0
Other 297 164 133 89 68 21 45 4 17.0 0 2 15 23 8 0

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 1139 157 982 623 416 207 359 50 19.3 12 11 55 231 5 200
Missing roofing material 1313 149 1164 803 527 276 361 44 13.5 11 21 44 241 18 123
Hole in roof 669 82 587 396 254 142 191 14 9.1 3 12 20 141 1 126
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 1251 134 1117 735 465 271 382 50 15.6 10 13 43 265 31 195
Sloping outside walls 752 117 634 380 217 162 254 48 22.6 3 7 46 150 12 139
Boarded up windows 479 85 394 203 102 100 192 21 17.0 7 6 40 118 0 83
Broken windows 1374 99 1275 929 607 322 347 44 12.0 12 14 56 221 29 307
Bars on windows 149 7 142 115 77 38 27 4 9.1 2 4 5 12 0 9
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 1085 98 987 737 480 257 250 24 8.6 15 7 33 171 9 77
None of the above 21553 1801 19752 17363 13525 3838 2390 532 11.9 291 200 862 504 1305 3419
Not reported 421 22 399 349 299 50 50 8 14.3 8 0 8 27 13 61

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 4167 557 3609 2903 2336 566 707 76 11.8 88 22 238 283 420 4167
First site 2385 282 2103 1789 1596 194 313 38 15.9 63 17 89 107 323 2385
Moved from another site 984 150 834 633 542 91 201 35 27.6 10 5 42 109 63 984
Don't know 458 106 353 215 71 145 137 4 2.8 15 0 52 66 24 458
Not reported 339 20 320 265 128 137 55 0 0.0 0 0 55 0 11 339
@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