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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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

Monthly Housing Costs@2

Less than $100		 561 0 561 550 474 77 10 10 12.0 0 0 0 0 26 208
$100 to $199 2933 0 2933 2900 2600 300 34 34 10.1 0 0 0 0 94 629
$200 to $249 1722 0 1722 1692 1477 215 30 30 12.3 0 0 0 0 50 225
$250 to $299 1546 0 1546 1467 1225 242 79 79 24.5 0 0 0 0 33 217
$300 to $349 1351 0 1351 1280 976 305 71 71 18.8 0 0 0 0 26 133
$350 to $399 1250 0 1250 1178 769 409 72 72 14.9 0 0 0 0 39 173
$400 to $449 1164 0 1164 1086 712 374 78 78 17.2 0 0 0 0 51 205
$450 to $499 1077 0 1077 999 571 428 78 78 15.4 0 0 0 0 47 179
$500 to $599 1886 0 1886 1830 1106 724 56 56 7.2 0 0 0 0 71 294
$600 to $699 1640 0 1640 1606 1133 473 34 34 6.7 0 0 0 0 97 244
$700 to $799 1295 0 1295 1268 968 300 27 27 8.2 0 0 0 0 73 136
$800 to $999 1618 0 1618 1595 1335 260 24 24 8.3 0 0 0 0 106 133
$1,000 to $1,249 1153 0 1153 1119 1010 109 34 34 23.8 0 0 0 0 126 69
$1,250 to $1,499 609 0 609 594 561 33 14 14 29.9 0 0 0 0 63 7
$1,500 or more 943 0 943 934 895 39 10 10 20.0 0 0 0 0 138 45
Depends on occupant's income 31 0 31 0 0 0 31 31 100.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
No cash rent 678 0 678 678 0 678 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 27 81
Median (excludes no cash rent) 443 100- 443 445 427 475 418 418 ... 100- 100- 100- 100- 685 360

Median Monthly Housing Costs for
Owners

Monthly costs including all mortgages
plus maintenance costs		 455 100- 455 455 455 100- 100- 100- ... 100- 100- 100- 100- 777 327
Monthly costs excluding second and
subsequent mortgages and maintenance
costs		 424 100- 424 424 424 100- 100- 100- ... 100- 100- 100- 100- 746 305

Rent Reductions

No subsidy		 4670 0 4670 3999 0 3999 670 541 11.7 0 83 46 0 163 589
Rent control 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
No rent control 4562 0 4562 3933 0 3933 629 500 11.1 0 83 46 0 161 582
Reduced by owner 523 0 523 523 0 523 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 11 75
Not reduced by owner 3384 0 3384 3384 0 3384 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 104 443
Owner reduction not reported 655 0 655 25 0 25 629 500 81.8 0 83 46 0 46 64
Rent control not reported 108 0 108 67 0 67 41 41 38.1 0 0 0 0 2 7
Owned by public housing authority 384 0 384 348 0 348 36 30 7.7 0 6 0 0 17 0
Government subsidy 376 0 376 327 0 327 49 47 12.5 0 0 2 0 11 14
Other, income verification 251 0 251 251 0 251 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 17 18
Subsidy not reported 114 0 114 39 0 39 75 63 59.2 0 2 11 0 7 26

OWNER HOUSING UNITS

Total		 16302 0 16302 15813 15813 0 489 0 0.0 345 144 0 0 923 2441

Average Monthly Cost Paid for
Real Estate Taxes

Less than $25		 3735 0 3735 3538 3538 0 198 0 0.0 129 69 0 0 278 1287
$25 to $49 3150 0 3150 3105 3105 0 46 0 0.0 27 19 0 0 115 503
$50 to $74 2529 0 2529 2460 2460 0 68 0 0.0 51 18 0 0 119 311
$75 to $99 1748 0 1748 1680 1680 0 69 0 0.0 53 16 0 0 116 155
$100 to $149 2253 0 2253 2208 2208 0 45 0 0.0 27 18 0 0 85 64
$150 to $199 1144 0 1144 1113 1113 0 31 0 0.0 26 5 0 0 86 25
$200 or more 1742 0 1742 1709 1709 0 33 0 0.0 32 0 0 0 123 96
Median 62 25- 62 62 62 25- 50 25- ... 58 29 25- 25- 64 25-

Annual Taxes Paid per $1,000 Value

Less than $5		 4088 0 4088 3891 3891 0 197 0 0.0 128 70 0 0 333 652
$5 to $9 5148 0 5148 5030 5030 0 118 0 0.0 79 39 0 0 264 530
$10 to $14 2828 0 2828 2784 2784 0 44 0 0.0 30 14 0 0 143 300
$15 to $19 1478 0 1478 1448 1448 0 30 0 0.0 25 5 0 0 73 181
$20 to $24 956 0 956 926 926 0 30 0 0.0 18 12 0 0 22 147
$25 or more 1804 0 1804 1733 1733 0 70 0 0.0 65 5 0 0 89 631
Median 8 5- 8 8 8 5- 7 5- ... 7 5 5- 5- 7 10

Condominium and Cooperative Fee

Fee paid by owners		 154 0 154 148 148 0 6 0 0.0 6 0 0 0 20 0
Less than $25 per month 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$25 to $49 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
$50 to $74 18 0 18 15 15 0 3 0 0.0 3 0 0 0 5 0
$75 to $99 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$100 to $149 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 6 0
$150 to $199 17 0 17 16 16 0 1 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
$200 or more per month 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not reported 37 0 37 36 36 0 2 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 8 0
Median 118 25- 118 120 120 25- 65 25- ... 65 25- 25- 25- 72 25-

Other Housing Costs per Month

Homeowner association fee paid		 548 0 548 548 548 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 92 0
Median 18 10- 18 18 18 10- 10- 10- ... 10- 10- 10- 10- 21 10-
Manufactured/mobile home park fee paid 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 11 54
Median 35 10- 35 35 35 10- 10- 10- ... 10- 10- 10- 10- 213 35
Land rent fee paid 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Median 202 10- 202 202 202 10- 10- 10- ... 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 137

Value@12

Less than $10,000		 837 0 837 788 788 0 49 0 0.0 38 11 0 0 65 630
$10,000 to $19,999 666 0 666 627 627 0 39 0 0.0 28 11 0 0 38 444
$20,000 to $29,999 680 0 680 648 648 0 32 0 0.0 25 7 0 0 31 321
$30,000 to $39,999 716 0 716 698 698 0 18 0 0.0 15 3 0 0 29 180
$40,000 to $49,999 873 0 873 844 844 0 29 0 0.0 24 6 0 0 46 164
$50,000 to $59,999 975 0 975 951 951 0 24 0 0.0 24 0 0 0 32 217
$60,000 to $69,999 999 0 999 952 952 0 47 0 0.0 31 16 0 0 30 78
$70,000 to $79,999 1269 0 1269 1258 1258 0 11 0 0.0 11 0 0 0 36 80
$80,000 to $99,999 2143 0 2143 2102 2102 0 41 0 0.0 37 5 0 0 54 112
$100,000 to $119,999 1440 0 1440 1411 1411 0 29 0 0.0 12 17 0 0 63 129
$120,000 to $149,999 1765 0 1765 1735 1735 0 30 0 0.0 24 6 0 0 90 64
$150,000 to $199,999 1755 0 1755 1688 1688 0 67 0 0.0 37 31 0 0 160 19
$200,000 to $249,999 889 0 889 860 860 0 30 0 0.0 23 7 0 0 100 2
$250,000 to $299,999 464 0 464 454 454 0 10 0 0.0 8 3 0 0 53 0
$300,000 or more 831 0 831 799 799 0 32 0 0.0 9 23 0 0 97 0
Median 90603 10000- 90603 90861 90861 10000- 75379 10000- ... 65873 116469 10000- 10000- 132423 24547

Other Activities on Property

Medical or commercial establishment		 106 0 106 106 106 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 6 15
Neither 16196 0 16196 15707 15707 0 489 0 0.0 345 144 0 0 918 2426
@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