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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 2-8. Neighborhood--Occupied Units
Numbers in thousands. Weighting consistent with the 2000 Census.

Housing unit characteristics
Tenure
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 Owner Renter New con-
struction
4 years		 Manu-
factured/
mobile
homes		 Severe Moderate Black alone Hispanic Elderly
(65 years
and over)		 Moved in
past year		 Below
poverty
level		 Total
occupied
units		 Central
cities		 Suburbs Outside
MSAs		 Total Outside
MSAs		 Total Suburbs Outside
MSAs		 Northeast Midwest South West

Total		 105842 72238 33604 5691 6854 1970 4320 13004 11038 21627 17242 13960 105842 31300 53765 20778 78369 7486 27474 13856 13291 20133 24488 38145 23077

Overall Opinion of Neighborhood

1 (worst)		 771 278 493 12 69 43 120 314 99 90 190 299 771 426 252 94 642 37 130 72 57 118 203 343 106
2 604 267 338 13 66 18 74 125 80 72 144 178 604 269 226 109 485 51 119 61 58 95 148 223 138
3 1089 450 639 27 74 50 124 267 162 101 230 288 1089 531 405 153 960 81 129 53 73 164 252 391 282
4 1516 702 815 36 135 57 127 310 194 176 362 273 1516 718 536 262 1276 127 240 105 135 310 349 474 384
5 6896 3548 3348 226 574 224 539 1275 1013 1005 1364 1306 6896 2928 2772 1195 5669 540 1227 562 655 1337 1397 2428 1735
6 5942 3371 2570 264 432 136 317 981 772 847 1264 822 5942 2360 2631 950 4866 448 1076 566 502 1170 1243 2082 1447
7 13914 8715 5198 622 832 288 566 1855 1528 1852 2705 1647 13914 4875 6924 2115 11221 884 2693 1415 1231 2572 3188 4791 3363
8 27639 19651 7988 1332 1455 420 874 3024 2672 5245 4269 2912 27639 8038 14321 5280 20849 2017 6790 3455 3263 5191 6444 9831 6174
9 16226 12129 4096 1016 860 234 506 1466 1522 3360 2247 1534 16226 4044 8918 3264 11643 1141 4583 2373 2124 3004 3955 5660 3606
10 (best) 26019 19481 6538 1895 2028 418 840 2658 2540 7675 3744 3692 26019 5532 14046 6442 16941 1896 9078 4439 4546 4932 6157 9975 4956
No neighborhood 454 362 92 34 80 3 37 30 33 157 42 89 454 64 205 186 131 12 323 150 174 62 86 230 76
Not reported 4772 3282 1489 214 248 78 196 700 422 1049 680 922 4772 1515 2529 728 3685 253 1086 605 475 1180 1066 1716 810

Street Noise or Traffic

Street noise or traffic present		 27888 16469 11419 836 1529 763 1723 4356 3086 5439 4630 4514 27888 10625 11898 5365 21981 2302 5907 2784 3063 6241 6954 8454 6239
Condition not bothersome 16556 9728 6828 461 922 358 934 2631 1698 3738 2833 2695 16556 6050 6996 3511 12655 1430 3900 1773 2081 3650 4447 5160 3300
Condition bothersome 11235 6712 4523 365 604 402 782 1703 1378 1684 1785 1787 11235 4525 4862 1848 9243 871 1992 1001 977 2562 2493 3274 2905
So bothered they want to move 4140 2153 1988 113 204 203 445 813 601 411 647 777 4140 1833 1719 588 3604 293 537 241 295 899 1002 1191 1048
Not reported 59 27 32 1 0 0 3 18 5 16 10 7 59 29 23 6 54 4 4 2 2 21 13 17 8
Bothersome not reported 97 29 68 10 3 2 6 23 10 17 12 32 97 51 40 6 83 2 14 10 4 29 15 20 34
Not reported 1631 1072 559 57 73 40 100 298 122 379 208 299 1631 557 833 242 1309 115 322 193 127 472 373 561 225

Neighborhood Crime

Neighborhood crime present		 15489 8400 7088 503 868 484 1194 3283 2092 2254 2563 2782 15489 7669 5993 1827 13355 837 2133 1100 990 2843 3255 5310 4080
Condition not bothersome 6393 3615 2778 228 353 160 396 1249 722 1189 1047 1105 6393 2979 2619 795 5414 369 979 519 426 1262 1380 2188 1563
Condition bothersome 9021 4765 4256 275 513 323 788 2012 1358 1051 1512 1657 9021 4635 3355 1032 7867 468 1155 580 564 1555 1863 3108 2495
So bothered they want to move 3716 1500 2216 62 211 209 467 1052 693 288 717 932 3716 2089 1303 324 3421 174 294 144 150 693 805 1198 1021
Not reported 54 33 21 0 0 0 7 13 17 12 12 4 54 43 8 4 53 2 1 0 1 14 14 11 15
Bothersome not reported 74 20 55 0 2 0 10 23 12 15 4 20 74 55 19 0 74 0 0 0 0 26 12 14 22
Not reported 2476 1400 1076 87 97 58 157 510 229 534 525 485 2476 970 1174 332 2080 170 396 232 161 653 554 813 456

Odors

Odors present		 5625 3197 2428 189 506 211 505 1053 863 844 881 1129 5625 2180 2224 1221 4359 511 1266 549 710 1191 1294 1852 1288
Condition not bothersome 2048 1225 823 76 196 50 155 322 290 359 330 390 2048 798 822 427 1568 165 480 213 262 378 500 698 472
Condition bothersome 3554 1960 1594 113 306 160 347 725 565 475 550 737 3554 1362 1401 791 2771 346 782 335 445 801 793 1146 814
So bothered they want to move 1409 561 848 21 120 105 216 364 304 94 262 383 1409 675 516 217 1210 101 199 83 116 330 312 431 337
Not reported 16 7 9 2 0 0 0 11 0 4 3 5 16 11 6 0 16 0 0 0 0 6 2 8 0
Bothersome not reported 23 12 11 0 3 0 3 6 8 9 0 2 23 19 1 3 20 0 3 0 3 12 1 8 2
Not reported 1739 1133 606 63 82 46 111 317 129 407 226 335 1739 606 879 254 1388 116 350 207 138 504 384 603 248

Other Bothersome Neighborhood
Conditions

No other problems		 89583 61487 28097 4843 5838 1558 3360 10530 9225 19054 14629 11795 89583 25354 45880 18350 65455 6488 24129 11970 11862 17066 21023 32542 18952
With other problems@1 14327 9528 4799 776 920 367 828 2136 1682 2153 2356 1798 14327 5250 6941 2136 11359 868 2969 1671 1268 2536 3062 4944 3785
Noise 2487 1391 1096 105 134 87 189 378 348 388 492 368 2487 998 1155 334 2121 171 366 203 163 507 514 742 724
Litter or housing deterioration 1902 1182 719 64 110 70 131 403 248 316 293 305 1902 910 754 238 1621 124 281 158 114 382 385 662 472
Poor city or county services 779 494 285 38 50 43 66 221 117 124 108 134 779 354 334 91 626 29 153 89 62 165 148 296 170
Undesirable commercial, institutional,
industrial		 750 518 232 27 38 23 47 113 107 102 116 105 750 330 306 114 620 50 130 66 64 148 142 285 175
People 4005 2358 1647 153 277 125 284 683 525 608 655 700 4005 1640 1766 599 3265 252 740 388 347 720 930 1340 1015
Other 7956 5486 2470 493 491 203 440 1135 901 1169 1302 859 7956 2805 4047 1104 6249 421 1707 1005 683 1403 1611 2749 2192
No problem 77 57 20 1 3 0 2 10 14 6 9 1 77 31 43 3 66 0 11 8 3 19 11 27 19
Type of problem not reported 244 162 82 14 11 8 12 26 20 31 48 13 244 101 125 17 196 4 48 34 13 56 54 79 55
Other problems not reported 1932 1223 708 71 96 45 132 338 131 420 257 367 1932 696 944 292 1555 130 376 215 161 530 403 658 340

Public Elementary School@1

Households with children aged
5 through 15		 27158 18978 8180 1738 1916 481 1030 4118 4434 543 4410 3880 27158 7515 14764 4878 19984 1646 7174 3868 3232 4897 5981 9813 6468
Attend public school(K-12) 22834 15640 7194 1454 1731 415 926 3667 3958 460 3765 3457 22834 6167 12352 4315 16599 1460 6234 3313 2856 3979 4974 8404 5477
Attend private school (K-12) 2922 2495 428 189 95 39 53 305 289 48 297 173 2922 947 1660 315 2382 105 541 327 211 616 671 946 690
Attend ungraded school, preschool,
etc.		 343 222 121 30 2 11 19 61 41 13 49 41 343 139 162 43 290 16 53 22 26 94 60 97 92
Home schooled 395 304 91 17 35 1 14 5 14 13 64 56 395 85 194 115 230 32 165 79 83 44 117 154 80
Not in school 808 431 378 69 50 11 36 108 168 7 277 184 808 276 422 111 630 43 179 106 68 142 182 262 222
Not reported 765 563 202 35 25 10 26 92 84 21 97 111 765 234 438 93 580 27 185 119 66 247 152 217 149

Households with any children aged
0 through 13		 31081 20686 10394 2246 2198 551 1246 4571 5269 545 6186 4514 31081 8898 16747 5435 23123 1895 7957 4329 3540 5548 6882 11246 7404
Satisfactory public elementary school 24010 16530 7479 1674 1750 398 905 3371 4093 456 4120 3399 24010 6327 13226 4457 17467 1501 6542 3518 2956 4298 5390 8769 5553
Unsatisfactory public elementary
school		 2169 1423 746 155 167 54 119 433 303 32 361 363 2169 832 987 350 1709 120 460 228 230 396 470 710 593
So bothered they want to move 992 528 464 46 69 36 84 237 168 13 170 220 992 420 448 124 821 45 171 92 78 199 213 322 258
Not reported 18 11 7 0 1 0 0 7 2 0 3 3 18 7 8 3 15 3 2 2 0 3 5 4 5
Not reported or don't know 4902 2733 2169 418 280 100 223 767 873 57 1705 752 4902 1740 2533 629 3948 274 955 582 354 855 1022 1768 1258
Public elementary school less than
1 mile		 17544 10895 6649 949 529 348 725 2986 3805 334 3574 2842 17544 6286 9134 2124 15461 1210 2083 1133 914 3272 3879 5239 5154
Public elementary school 1 mile or
more		 12234 9099 3134 1223 1634 184 453 1384 1218 192 2155 1440 12234 2089 6949 3196 6540 633 5693 3078 2562 1998 2760 5542 1934
Not reported 1303 693 610 74 34 19 68 201 246 19 457 232 1303 523 664 116 1122 52 181 117 63 279 242 466 316

Building Neighbor Noise@10

Neighbor noise present		 17429 3113 14316 678 0 588 1312 3634 2637 2093 5464 3486 17429 8381 7537 1511 16451 1101 978 539 410 4447 3479 5251 4253
Loudness bothersome 5010 598 4412 208 0 276 509 1233 825 413 1586 1146 5010 2582 2010 418 4776 309 233 118 108 1211 937 1517 1344
Loudness not bothersome 12386 2511 9875 470 0 312 801 2392 1809 1676 3864 2333 12386 5781 5511 1094 11641 792 745 421 301 3232 2536 3728 2890
Loudness bothersome not reported 33 4 29 0 0 0 2 9 3 4 13 7 33 18 15 0 33 0 0 0 0 4 5 6 18
Time of noise bothersome 5016 588 4429 215 0 254 525 1281 817 397 1568 1155 5016 2646 1945 425 4800 330 216 119 95 1200 910 1596 1310
Time of noise not bothersome 12372 2521 9851 462 0 334 786 2341 1816 1692 3882 2325 12372 5707 5579 1086 11610 772 761 419 315 3240 2561 3649 2923
Time bothersome not reported 41 5 36 1 0 0 0 12 4 5 14 5 41 28 13 0 41 0 0 0 0 7 8 6 20
Neighbor noise not present 12811 3716 9095 616 0 336 675 2349 2339 2910 3700 2595 12811 5881 5840 1090 11809 727 1002 604 364 3718 2391 3764 2938
Not reported 995 252 743 24 0 23 64 250 103 176 219 241 995 517 418 59 956 48 39 27 11 411 144 265 174

Public Transportation

With public transportation		 57910 34211 23699 1791 1596 1317 2530 9257 8012 11171 10344 8242 57910 25629 27375 4906 53712 2907 4198 2115 1999 13094 12596 15581 16639
Household uses it at least weekly 11356 4005 7351 202 150 537 803 3117 2659 1702 2389 2755 11356 7185 3791 380 11083 261 273 150 119 4385 1800 2178 2993
Satisfactory public transportation 10653 3747 6905 191 137 507 741 2900 2510 1604 2239 2561 10653 6771 3526 356 10402 242 251 134 113 4138 1702 2045 2768
Unsatisfactory public transportation 570 188 382 9 13 27 55 171 117 85 121 174 570 341 208 22 548 16 22 16 6 208 83 107 172
Not reported 133 70 63 3 0 3 6 46 32 13 29 21 133 74 57 3 133 3 0 0 0 40 15 26 52
Household uses it less than weekly 8754 5170 3585 215 226 195 376 1564 1119 1609 1371 1240 8754 4089 4093 571 8309 357 445 219 214 1958 1924 1909 2964
Satisfactory public transportation 7757 4530 3227 174 222 184 330 1412 987 1465 1208 1102 7757 3675 3569 512 7358 317 399 192 196 1791 1695 1706 2565
Unsatisfactory public transportation 564 337 227 20 0 9 28 86 66 54 101 84 564 239 289 36 527 19 37 20 17 119 122 110 214
Not reported 433 303 131 20 4 3 18 66 66 91 63 53 433 175 235 23 424 21 10 8 2 48 107 92 185
Household does not use 36634 24449 12186 1328 1205 574 1284 4362 4140 7642 6334 4046 36634 13773 18979 3882 33190 2230 3444 1727 1652 6398 8673 11182 10381
Not reported 1165 587 578 46 16 11 67 214 93 217 250 201 1165 582 511 73 1129 58 36 19 14 354 199 312 301
No public transportation 44197 35539 8658 3580 5104 590 1637 3343 2737 9777 5992 5219 44197 4704 24065 15427 21746 4392 22451 11201 11035 6353 11009 21072 5762
Not reported 3736 2488 1247 320 154 64 153 404 289 679 906 499 3736 967 2324 445 2911 188 825 540 257 685 883 1492 676

Neighborhood Shopping

Satisfactory neighborhood shopping		 86800 57847 28953 4427 4445 1574 3330 10438 9655 17025 14637 10883 86800 27528 45039 14233 69447 6365 17352 9248 7868 16651 19807 30408 19934
Less than 1 mile 65916 40810 25106 2690 2129 1335 2739 8966 8488 12868 11918 8814 65916 24136 33302 8479 58555 5176 7361 3926 3303 13243 14820 21417 16437
1 mile or more 20624 16902 3722 1727 2314 236 585 1447 1132 4076 2674 2027 20624 3278 11622 5724 10667 1172 9958 5303 4552 3312 4919 8946 3448
Not reported 259 135 124 9 3 3 6 24 35 81 45 41 259 114 115 31 225 18 34 19 13 97 68 45 49
Unsatisfactory neighborhood shopping 16912 12946 3967 1169 2315 351 845 2201 1215 4107 2295 2671 16912 3079 7654 6180 7284 977 9628 4335 5203 2937 4189 6964 2823
Not reported or don't know 2130 1446 685 95 94 46 145 365 168 495 310 407 2130 694 1072 365 1637 144 493 273 220 545 493 773 320

Police Protection

Satisfactory police protection		 93968 64487 29481 5068 5686 1625 3444 10985 9578 19567 15034 11657 93968 27306 48636 18026 70752 6927 23216 11852 11099 17911 22028 33595 20433
Unsatisfactory police protection 7712 5223 2488 367 881 260 624 1364 1066 1274 1112 1504 7712 2573 3096 2043 4537 335 3175 1419 1708 1400 1602 3007 1703
Not reported 4163 2527 1635 256 287 85 252 655 393 786 1097 799 4163 1421 2033 709 3079 225 1083 585 485 821 858 1543 941

Secured Communities

Community access secured with walls or
fences		 6958 3014 3944 684 401 159 267 1113 1329 1419 1851 1018 6958 2714 3930 314 6252 152 706 517 162 641 522 2977 2818
Special entry system present 4137 1619 2518 566 96 67 180 658 741 834 1284 542 4137 1576 2465 96 3716 31 421 334 64 320 161 1983 1673
Special entry system not present 2817 1393 1424 119 306 93 85 455 588 580 567 474 2817 1135 1463 218 2532 120 285 183 98 321 361 992 1143
Special entry system not reported 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 4 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Community access not secured 97871 68570 29301 4974 6413 1773 3975 11721 9628 19966 15268 12754 97871 28246 49313 20311 71312 7270 26559 13218 13041 19202 23750 34822 20097
Community access not reported 1013 655 359 32 40 38 79 170 81 243 123 188 1013 340 521 152 804 65 209 122 88 289 216 345 162

Secured Multiunits

Multiunit access secured		 5271 907 4364 322 0 163 407 1071 827 1362 1488 1131 5271 2875 2193 203 5122 168 150 110 35 1445 1200 1191 1435
Multiunit access not secured 19243 2429 16814 517 0 644 1467 3820 3474 2619 6404 4236 19243 9173 8042 2028 17964 1442 1279 654 586 5115 3723 5868 4537
Multiunit access not reported 448 66 382 7 0 13 43 122 62 65 102 97 448 261 176 11 435 7 13 9 4 187 71 110 81

Senior Citizen Communities

Households with person 55+		 40356 32523 7833 1428 2709 692 1348 4075 2864 21627 2508 6101 40356 10720 20468 9168 28531 3090 11825 5625 6077 8346 9157 14472 8381
Community age restricted 2048 1025 1023 214 356 34 38 178 127 1669 308 525 2048 576 1258 215 1752 127 296 208 88 377 374 722 575
No age restriction or restriction not
reported		 38308 31498 6810 1213 2353 658 1310 3897 2737 19958 2200 5576 38308 10145 19210 8952 26778 2963 11529 5417 5989 7969 8783 13750 7806
Community age specific 6793 5656 1137 229 481 89 262 699 359 4333 324 937 6793 1711 3122 1959 4650 707 2143 878 1252 1204 1675 2698 1216
Community not age specific 22784 18579 4205 777 1341 401 729 2165 1531 11695 1364 3208 22784 5972 11725 5087 15845 1606 6939 3378 3481 4848 5361 7812 4763
Community age specific not reported 8731 7263 1468 208 531 168 319 1033 846 3930 512 1430 8731 2461 4363 1906 6284 650 2447 1161 1257 1917 1747 3240 1827

Community Quality

Some or all community activities
present@1		 38190 24839 13351 2368 1986 653 1468 4798 3763 8528 6598 4782 38190 10922 20028 7240 30279 3222 7911 3765 4018 7053 9993 12243 8901
Community center or clubhouse 23287 14179 9108 1577 1433 392 870 3086 2216 5797 4423 2932 23287 6400 12758 4128 18760 1864 4527 2177 2265 4050 5796 8043 5398
Golf in community 10976 8440 2535 574 405 135 293 664 680 2636 1361 1032 10976 2051 5527 3398 8198 1755 2778 1112 1643 1984 4113 2734 2145
Trails in community 18318 13001 5317 1258 553 272 597 1663 1563 3637 2957 1742 18318 4682 10008 3627 14852 1981 3466 1749 1646 3286 5549 5076 4408
Shuttle bus 9996 6192 3803 296 317 219 369 1046 1053 3069 1393 1481 9996 2770 4968 2258 8594 1360 1402 504 898 2361 3053 2113 2469
Daycare center 15548 10413 5135 469 591 317 705 2517 1703 2944 2129 2148 15548 4650 6912 3986 12459 2090 3089 1166 1896 3649 5137 3894 2868
Private or restricted beach,
park, or shoreline		 6580 4741 1838 423 285 116 185 659 518 1297 992 724 6580 1535 3656 1388 4621 423 1959 981 965 1781 1902 1757 1141

Description of Area Within 300 Feet@1

Single-family detached houses		 83540 61049 22491 4404 4226 1408 3205 9673 8399 17012 12443 9979 83540 24010 43391 16138 63007 6636 20533 10759 9503 15163 19868 29612 18896
Single-family attached 13754 7199 6554 748 201 324 681 2359 1587 2341 3066 1796 13754 5760 7097 897 12745 617 1009 701 280 3467 2500 4255 3532
1- to 3-story multiunit 23684 7157 16527 832 249 635 1549 4478 4066 3343 6829 4364 23684 11172 9967 2544 22267 1904 1417 752 641 4473 5288 6990 6933
4- to 6-story multiunit 5641 1421 4219 152 8 252 448 1286 1036 1065 1347 1137 5641 3829 1705 106 5589 85 51 26 21 2732 919 1041 948
7-or-more-story multiunit 2823 746 2077 58 3 147 215 624 485 614 555 553 2823 2094 690 40 2812 34 11 2 6 1611 361 474 376
Manufactured/mobile homes 11247 8733 2514 642 5114 195 587 1161 969 2558 1480 1962 11247 924 5474 4849 4072 1051 7175 3309 3798 1076 1753 6127 2291
Commercial, or institutional 25995 11505 14490 728 859 711 1678 4787 4227 4229 5948 4520 25995 11616 10869 3510 23159 2022 2836 1294 1488 6698 5619 7493 6184
Industrial or factories 3594 1660 1934 90 215 145 252 776 679 534 719 730 3594 1511 1495 588 3059 254 535 198 334 1105 929 936 624
Open space, park, woods, farm, or ranch 38287 27888 10399 2745 3771 647 1562 3596 2796 7149 5855 4618 38287 7880 19986 10421 21515 2125 16772 8298 8296 7362 9379 14141 7405
4-or-more-lane highway, railroad,
or airport		 13355 6788 6567 548 720 335 837 2342 1729 2188 3018 2184 13355 4887 6450 2017 11318 987 2037 972 1030 2461 3193 5065 2636
Not reported 2378 1777 601 98 107 30 93 356 230 443 289 364 2378 750 1275 353 1826 130 552 321 223 645 526 797 410

Bodies of Water Within 300 Feet

Water in area		 16410 12339 4072 1262 1546 241 590 1177 1007 3243 2471 1731 16410 2765 9597 4049 9485 740 6926 3541 3309 3312 3918 7043 2137
With waterfront property 2749 2194 555 195 175 26 82 99 108 761 398 247 2749 463 1479 807 1477 80 1272 535 727 410 639 1378 322
Waterfront property not reported 37 24 13 4 2 0 2 9 5 20 4 2 37 15 12 9 25 0 11 2 9 6 10 19 2
With flood plain 2293 1804 489 108 227 23 117 147 187 477 293 248 2293 480 1410 403 1500 82 793 451 321 414 269 1303 307
Flood plain not reported 629 276 353 44 26 10 33 52 56 128 220 96 629 173 376 80 460 15 169 99 65 99 105 352 73
Water not reported 2632 1930 702 113 119 34 110 398 267 521 352 421 2632 813 1420 400 2027 151 605 349 249 723 596 868 444
No water in area 86800 57969 28831 4316 5188 1695 3620 11429 9764 17864 14420 11808 86800 27723 42748 16329 66857 6595 19943 9967 9734 16098 19974 30233 20495

Age of Other Residential Buildings
Within 300 Feet

Older		 11735 7032 4704 140 1098 317 925 1438 1178 2542 1973 2077 11735 3106 5450 3180 7544 1044 4191 2023 2136 2258 2710 4186 2582
About the same 68328 47211 21117 3170 2420 1157 2390 8812 7505 13080 11286 8174 68328 22356 35905 10067 56222 4844 12106 6717 5223 12942 16012 23870 15503
Newer 8653 6061 2591 1620 1358 94 219 844 781 1821 1688 1024 8653 1982 4372 2298 5253 651 3400 1668 1647 1500 1870 3377 1906
Very mixed 7015 4695 2320 224 1101 194 328 861 770 1710 1013 1100 7015 1739 3464 1811 4420 572 2594 1346 1240 1474 1253 2858 1430
No other residential buildings 6659 5052 1606 423 709 150 275 443 354 1753 731 981 6659 903 2849 2907 2173 174 4486 1728 2733 1031 1932 2654 1042
Not reported 3453 2187 1266 114 168 58 183 607 449 721 551 604 3453 1215 1724 514 2756 202 697 374 312 928 710 1200 614

Other Buildings Vandalized or With
Interior Exposed Within 300 Feet

None		 91814 62718 29096 5044 5569 1626 3353 10505 9754 18706 15175 11334 91814 27191 48134 16489 70362 6679 21453 11360 9809 17432 20881 32795 20707
1 building 2454 1506 948 82 236 63 240 564 334 371 422 503 2454 890 870 694 1783 312 672 282 383 441 591 957 466
More than 1 building 2421 1085 1336 51 230 112 332 1002 357 324 578 739 2421 1446 612 363 2046 171 375 178 192 570 521 918 413
No buildings 5953 4842 1111 395 685 115 230 316 234 1581 570 818 5953 559 2592 2802 1601 152 4352 1678 2651 803 1816 2422 912
Not reported 3199 2086 1114 120 133 54 166 617 359 645 498 565 3199 1214 1556 429 2577 173 622 358 257 886 680 1054 579

Bars on Windows of Buildings
Within 300 Feet

No bars on windows		 87475 60864 26610 5028 5882 1462 3216 9317 8150 17765 14502 10699 87475 23347 46891 17236 65276 6976 22198 11664 10260 16267 21051 31637 18520
1 building with bars 1406 911 495 30 47 35 115 281 219 332 201 213 1406 680 595 131 1282 80 124 61 51 170 198 575 464
2 or more buildings with bars 6163 2874 3290 95 90 225 507 1997 1752 932 1108 1277 6163 4492 1536 135 6047 87 117 61 49 1603 534 1921 2106
No buildings 5953 4842 1111 395 685 115 230 316 234 1581 570 818 5953 559 2592 2802 1601 152 4352 1678 2651 803 1816 2422 912
Not reported 4845 2747 2098 143 150 133 252 1093 682 1017 862 953 4845 2221 2151 473 4163 193 683 392 281 1290 890 1590 1075

Condition of Streets Within 300 Feet

No repairs needed		 63467 44497 18970 4003 3059 1095 2108 6480 6403 13872 10190 7374 63467 18120 33896 11451 48131 4352 15336 8033 7098 10871 15103 22419 15073
Minor repairs needed 31724 20384 11339 1098 2542 660 1588 4889 3478 5548 5478 4648 31724 10103 15026 6595 23407 2458 8316 4102 4137 6978 7107 11476 6163
Major repairs needed 6183 4075 2108 359 854 155 445 1032 782 1162 1029 1201 6183 1887 2729 1568 4040 455 2143 996 1112 1229 1252 2617 1085
No streets 1304 1078 226 113 264 22 51 67 40 352 117 178 1304 101 534 669 321 29 983 341 641 154 323 627 201
Not reported 3165 2203 961 118 136 39 129 535 334 693 427 559 3165 1089 1580 496 2469 192 696 385 303 901 703 1006 554

Trash, Litter, or Junk on Streets
or Any Properties Within 300 Feet

None		 93829 65765 28064 5298 5997 1591 3315 10476 9172 19765 14896 11394 93829 25985 49044 18800 68688 6634 25140 12686 12165 17468 22108 33968 20284
Minor accumulation 6683 3181 3502 209 486 210 611 1437 1110 939 1528 1517 6683 3059 2477 1147 5506 540 1177 549 607 1357 1293 2308 1724
Major accumulation 2630 1369 1261 82 256 136 285 616 484 380 470 612 2630 1330 868 432 2059 159 571 289 273 554 493 972 612
Not reported 2700 1923 777 102 115 33 110 475 272 544 347 437 2700 926 1376 399 2115 153 586 332 246 754 595 896 456

Parking Lots@1

With parking lots		 23889 8800 15089 922 671 589 1448 3866 3190 3880 6526 4178 23889 9392 11316 3181 21445 2000 2445 1221 1180 5036 6020 7655 5178
Residents only 14440 3409 11032 700 295 375 893 2695 2091 2378 4775 2855 14440 5841 7210 1389 13364 988 1076 655 402 2957 3277 5272 2935
Shoppers or workers only 7304 3370 3934 154 231 175 429 1064 905 1168 1644 1183 7304 3008 3229 1067 6538 668 765 361 399 1682 1986 1860 1776
Anyone 7492 3153 4339 223 198 180 491 1112 1013 1220 1776 1309 7492 2942 3355 1194 6634 695 858 336 499 1701 1982 2159 1650
Kind not reported 618 383 234 10 40 11 33 82 64 141 82 85 618 244 233 141 498 83 120 59 59 180 123 242 73
No parking lots within 300 feet 79293 61506 17787 4662 6069 1346 2763 8723 7576 17205 10376 9366 79293 21015 41065 17213 54850 5342 24443 12297 11871 14326 17885 29638 17444
Parking lot not reported 2660 1932 729 106 114 35 110 414 272 542 340 416 2660 893 1383 384 2074 144 586 339 240 770 583 852 455

Manufactured/Mobile Homes in Group

Manufactured/mobile homes		 6854 5514 1340 583 6854 103 265 667 447 1487 917 1288 6854 522 3429 2903 2010 463 4844 2295 2440 568 1140 3861 1286
1 to 6 4718 3758 960 432 4718 77 210 573 263 868 511 938 4718 172 2121 2426 743 312 3975 1762 2113 320 661 3066 671
7 to 20 339 215 124 34 339 11 29 15 20 63 90 94 339 21 192 126 134 27 205 106 99 42 53 184 60
21 or more 1798 1542 256 118 1798 15 26 78 164 556 317 257 1798 330 1116 352 1134 124 664 427 228 206 426 611 555
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@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.


Go to American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003

Contact the American Housing Survey Branch by email or by phone at 301-763-3235 or 1-888-518-7365, or visit ask.census.gov for further information on American Housing Survey Data.

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